Emergency Medical Services

Ebola is visible from space: you can see its effects. Satellite imagery that provide high-resolution pictures from low Earth orbit give a picture of...

Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign and a call to action. Initiated by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Stop the...

A Silicon Valley startup is using drones to deliver medicine and blood to patients in Rwanda, and it plans to expand to other countries...

Local authorities fulfill a major and complex role In the preparedness to an emergency. For the first time, Israeli local authorities’ director generals will receive...

Magen David Adom (MDA) motorcycle unit, which was established in 2006 and has operated for over a decade, operates around 200 motorcycles, including emergency...

With so much misinformation circulating about the scale and domestic danger of the Ebola threat, less attention has been paid to the U.S. military’s...

This unique invention is being used for many applications: an electrical wire that is woven into normal fabric. This wire is made of carbon-coated...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (2 December 2014): Chinese military officials have deployed a highly accurate laser defense system Private industry experts...

Questions about the U.S. government’s legal authority to contain the Ebola virus are increasing, even as federal officials attempt to keep public panic at...

"When an army is ready for war it also has to be ready for all types of disasters, natural and man-made. In order to...

How does the United States allow health workers to help West Africa while minimizing their risk? One answer that the White House may be...

Announcements by the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) show progress at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent authority...

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...

Almost every winter people find themselves in many countries trapped after a snow avalanche. In the search for those buried beneath the snow, every second...

Israel’s Home Front Command is using a trainer and simulator enabling search and rescue forces to train and simulate emergency scenarios, city streets, war...

Delivering life-saving care in a battlefield environment is a complex challenge. New wearable sensors will monitor the situation of soldiers in the battlefield as...

Future Forces For HLS Future Forces 4 HLS   The upcoming conference for the HLS Future Forces is to be held on July 21st, bringing with...

Mobile communications company Ping4Inc. has been awarded a development contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to assist first...

The U.S Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed rules to help emergency responders better locate wireless 911 callers. The proposed rule changes stem partly...

On Thursday, the Nigerian government announced that they had started screening passengers at international airports for signs of Ebola after a passenger showed up...

The US has been harnessing IoT technologies in attempt to advance a wide array of Smart City applications as well as in response to...

The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Tuesday that travelers from three West African Ebola-affected countries will now be required to enter the...