At the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix race, Rich Johnson can hear the distant percussive blats of the F1 cars racing in downtown Las Vegas, but he won't get to see them all weekend. And he's fine with that.

Although he's in town specifically for the event, his main focus is ensuring that, in the event of any emergencies, first responders can communicate and coordinate effectively. I spent time with Johnson, the associate director of network disaster recovery for AT&T, to learn more about an important piece of the race weekend that most people won't -- and shouldn't have to -- think about.

Johnson oversees teams of people and resources strategically positioned around the race track and throughout the city as part of FirstNet , the First Responder Network Authority , "a private/public

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