Cost Effectiveness of Vaccines Delivery by Drones
Drones can be used for the delivery of vital products in all fielss, including healthcare on the civil and military spheres.
A new research found...
Integrated New Technologies for First Responders Demonstrated
In order to ensure that future first responder are better protected, connected, and fully aware, there must be more ruggedized protective equipment, reliable and...
China’s First Emergency UAV Rescue Team
Earlier this month, China has launched the first-in-the-country emergency rescue team that will use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Beijing Daily reports.
Six UAVs are now...
The Role Of Emergency Services in Emergency Scenarios
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Last Tuesday a dangerous substance leaked from a vehicle in a main street of one of the neighborhoods in Jerusalem. The incident...
DuPont unveils next generation firefighter protection
DuPont Protection Solutions has unveiled a new game-changing technology to help better protect firefighters – DuPont Nomex Nano for thermal liners in turnout gear...
Magen David Adom Bikers Prepare For Rough Conditions
Magen David Adom (MDA) motorcycle unit, which was established in 2006 and has operated for over a decade, operates around 200 motorcycles, including emergency...
Watch: Startup Uses Drones To Deliver Medicine In Rwanda
A Silicon Valley startup is using drones to deliver medicine and blood to patients in Rwanda, and it plans to expand to other countries...
China’s Baidu Creates AI To Warn of Crowd Stampedes
In New Year’s Eve of 2015, thousands in Shanghai came to the Bund where a light show was to take place to mark the...
The Israeli App That Is About to Save Lives
About two years ago, in 2014, Amir Elichai was walking along the beach when he was mugged by a group of people. Amir immediately...
Terrorism: Agriculture Should Have No Less Concerns
The US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security’s Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications Subcommittee recently held a hearing to examine the threat level...
Ultrasound Imaging In Live Broadcast
Prof. Yonina Eldar’s laboratory at the faculty for electrical engineering at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) is developing an innovative approach for ultrasound...
Israel and US to Promote Tech Development for First Responders
the Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has announced that the Israeli Ministry of Public Security and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
New Amphibious Armored Ambulance For Chinese Army
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Armaments Department (GAD) has approved a new generation amphibious armored ambulance.
The indigenously made ambulance can act as...
Homeland Security In A Wave of Terror
Arik Davidi
We are currently facing a terror attack that could be referred to as a wave of terror, lone-wolf terror, unorganized terror, terror without...
When Paramedics Grow Wings
Anyone who has gotten to spend hours in traffic around the city must have often daydream about a vehicle that could fly above the...
MDA Concludes Two Weeks Of Saving Lives
During the past two weeks, which started with the murder of Eitam and Na’ama Henkin, Magen David Adom (MDA) forces all over the country...
New Technologies For Israel’s First Responders
Olga Grosman
In recent years, technology has been focusing on better equipping first responders in different conditions and scenarios.
A conference held on Thursday at the...
How To Make First Responders More Efficient
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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...
Wearable Device To Save Lives In Battlefield
When a person is injured, one of the first things a doctor does is measure their vital signs - heart rate, breathing rate, body...
The Outdated Protocol Of Fire Departments
Although the realities of the fire fighters’ job has changed, the governmental regulations have not. The number of calls to the fire department in...
Will Your Cellular Phone Work During Emergency?
Emergency communication is of the utmost importance. Emergency services need to coordinate their response in time, but the situation becomes more complicated when the...
Anthrax Vaccine To Be Developed In The U.S.
San Diego, California-based Pfenex Inc. announced it has signed a five year contract valued at up to $143.5 million with the Biomedical Advanced Research...
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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down
Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...
