Creative Solution to Secure Critical Transportation Infrastructure on Emergency
Protecting critical infrastructure isn’t just about preventing malicious attacks, but also mitigating the damage of natural disasters. Transportation infrastructure such as subway tunnels are...
New Tech to Enable Rapid DNA Identification During Disaster
A rapid DNA identification technology developed by the US Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has recently been used to...
New Platform Will Assist First Responders
Hurricane Matthew was one of the first operational uses of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) HURREVAC-eXtended (HV-X)...
Flying Drones Beyond Line of Sight?
A new network will allow pilots of drones to fly farther distances, even outside their line of sight, which is currently against FAA rules....
Prevention, Response and Recovery – Safe City Solutions
Technological solutions by themselves are useful, but their real value is found when they complement one another. A wide array of homeland security technologies...
Defense, Rescue and Security Robots – Growing Market
A new report projects that the world service robotics market would reach $34,672.8 million by 2022. Professional service robots segment, which includes robots used...
The New Storm-Chasers: UAVs To Track Hurricanes
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are used for almost everything nowadays. These flying machines are used by the business and private sectors, as well as...
Boston Marathon Bomber Ordered To Pay $101 Millions To Victims
Twenty two year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber, has been ordered to pay more than $101 million in reparations to his victims....
I-HLS TV Interview – col. (res) Anwar Saab On Security After...
In an interview with I-HLS, col. (res) Anwar Saab spoke of his company’s emergency system.
The highly technological system offers a capability to have...
MDA First Aid Kit In Every Police Car
These past few weeks have proven time and again the significance of offering fast medical treatment to save lives and the understanding that the...
Huge Intelligence Failure
Arie Egozi
The intelligence departments of Europe’s security services are suffering failure after failure when it comes to receiving alerts on preparations for large attacks.
Europe...
Now You Can’t Miss Emergency Alerts
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Continuity Programs’ Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Division (IPAWS) has begun...
How To Make First Responders More Efficient
Olga Grosman
Imagine a scenario where whoever came to save you is injured during the rescue effort. Perhaps they were burned from the raging fire, or inhaled...
euRathlon 2015 Grand Challenge Is Heading Towards The Main Event
More than 40 robots and 150 scientists and engineers have gathered to compete in the euRathlon 2015 Grand Challenge. Inspired by the 2011 Fukushima...
The Earthquake Has Passed – How Do You Prepare For The...
Natural disasters may cause loss of information existing in the computer systems, leading to businesses and infrastructure collapsing. Proper planning for recovery after natural...
Israel’s Fire fighting fleet is expanding
The fire and rescue department’s fire fighting fleet has grown and now has 14 planes, after completing the purchase of six new airplanes, which...
Municipal emergency continuity
The issue of continuity during disasterous events is keeping authorities everywhere constantly busy, as it is unthinkable that a municipal body would stop from...
UAV to scan damaged nuclear power plant
Since the big tzunami disaster in Japan in 2011 that damaged the nuclear power plant if Fukushima, many have been trying to get inside...
Cyber security program for infrastructures
American goverment officials for the Department of Homeland Security chose Illinois University and its researchers to head a research program for developing and upgrading...
Integrating robots in disaster areas
This last weekend was a highlight for 23 teams from around the world that took part in the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency contest....
An Assisting Technology that Can Save Life
The daily routine of the emergency service personnel, cops, fire fighters and emergency medicine doctors, is packed full with a wide variety of events,...
EMP – the threat is real, very real
America’s military planners recognize the growing threat from an EMP attack by bad actors around the world, in particular North Korea and Iran.
An EMP...
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This Software Turns Complex SATCOM Management Into a Single Dashboard
Modern military operations depend heavily on satellite communications. From command-and-control links to intelligence sharing and global force coordination, thousands of users across different services...
