G4S has announced a partnership with Stabilitas, a provider of critical event intelligence, to integrate their AI-platform into G4S’ Risk Operations Center. Keep Reading
InnerSpace, an IoT-based indoor location intelligence platform for Smart Buildings, was selected to support the Center for Innovative Technology's (CIT) active shooter training exercise. The exercise was part of the Smart City Initiative funded by the Department of Homeland Security. Keep Reading
Last week, ahead a Friday trip to Washington, D.C., J.R. Carrillo, a master’s student in Purdue’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, went to his adviser to flag that fact that he’d be away from campus. Keep Reading
State and local entities are growing targets for cyberattacks within the U.S., calling for legislative changes, mutual aid, oversight, training and more. Keep Reading
The partnership will foster the use of AI capabilities to enhance defense operations as well as help save lives and livelihood by reducing search and discovery timeframes, enabling more informed and timely resourcing decisions. Keep Reading
To understand the full role fire departments play in a community, a FEMA and U.S. Fire administration report profiles fire department run activity as reflected in the 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) data. Keep Reading
The government of Canada has announced a $65-million grant award to Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) to fund the purchase of five new helicopters. They are part of a fleet renewal plan that includes the purchase of nine new aircraft, will help to increase STARS’ availability of service, and improve their flexibility to respond to emergencies across the region. Keep Reading
Who is the incident commander and how does communication take place between disciplines? How long will it take firefighters, EMTs and paramedics to assemble and deploy? Keep Reading
The exercise will take place on the water and in the air off Kahe Point with Coast Guard and local agencies working together to test and evaluate interagency communications, response plans, and responders' actions during a simulated exercise of a missing mariner. Keep Reading
Arthritis in her knees and a hip forces Judy Murphy to walk with a cane, but it doesn’t stop her from dashing to the site of disasters, sometimes as often as three times in 24 hours. Keep Reading
Reduced speeds severely undermined personnel’s ability to respond to the Mendocino Complex Fire, the largest wildfire in the history of California. Keep Reading
The training session with several security agencies works through what to do if a radioactive disaster strikes a ferry boat with 30 volunteer passengers. Keep Reading
That neighbor-helping-neighbor aspect of things is pretty easy when neighboring states share a border and can access any number of roads, bridges, airports, waterways and other structures to help you almost immediately after a disaster has happened. Keep Reading
IAFC-backed program to help responders communicate more effectively, share important information, generate event reports and manage a range of tasks in one, centralized, web-based environment. Keep Reading
From the mind of an active shooter, areas of interest in observing response procedures will include chokepoints where targets gather. Keep Reading
Virginia Task Force 1's Schaff: "Make a decision quickly... decisions in a disaster environment aren’t usually consensus." Keep Reading
Local FEMA officials mistook the date used in a planning exercise for a date on which aid would cease, says agency spokesman. Keep Reading