Israeli Airborne Rescue: The MDA Helicopters
Two farm workers, badly burned
A child's hand stuck in a gate, with several fingers severed
A traveler in the Judea desert suffering a heart attack
These...
US: 35 hospitals designated as Ebola treatment centers
The U.S is bracing to deal with Ebola. An increasing number of U.S. hospitals are now equipped to treat patients with Ebola, giving nationwide...
iHLS TV – The FBIs Next Gen system, airborne intelligence, India’s...
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (4 November 2014):
The FBIs Next Gen system
Airborne intelligence
India's defense deal
Gun violence in the US
Bio-hazard protective gear
Future Forces News Flash – Technology in disasters
The Future Forces conference attracts attention of the international media and experts from all over the world.
In his lecture this morning, Prof. Pinny Halpern...
Canadian DND orders iRobot 510 PackBot CBRN robots
iRobot has secured multi-year contracts for the delivery of iRobot 510 PackBot reconnaissance, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) recce systems to the Canadian...
Belgian Expert: WHO Messed Up Ebola Response
A Belgian scientist who helped discover Ebola in 1976 has accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of mismanaging the current outbreak response.
Peter Piot, an...
IHLS TV – Interview with Dr. Pinchas Halpern
In an interview with Dr. Pinchas Halpern, Director of emergency department, Tel-Aviv Sourasky medical center, following his talk at the Future Forces conference, Dr....
Ebola: Australian-run center in Sierra Leone opens for business
An Australian-run medical center for Ebola patients has opened in Sierra Leone overnight, the foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, has announced.
Australia’s Foreign affairs minister...
Protecting The Protectors
First responders are constantly looking to improve, sharpen their senses and abilities and put their hands on the most innovative and useful equipment. Now,...
The MDA’s New Emergency Medical Care Motorcycles
This week in Jerusalem: The MDA's (Magen David Adom, an Israeli medical emergency service) new emergency medical care motorcycles started making their rounds. The...
Landrover’s New Rescue SUV Comes With a Drone
Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has designed and engineered a special version of the new Land Rover Discovery SUV for use by...
Elbit unveils innovative flight system
Elbit Systems recently completed a series of successful helicopter flight tests in Zurich, using the SkyVis Day/Night Head Mounted Display (HMD) onboard an AW-109SP...
Mounting international effort against Ebola
Reports of expanding international aid to West Africa in the wake of rising Ebola death toll and the spread of the disease are hailing...
DHS helping communities to get ready for chemical attacks
The threat of chemical attacks against U.S. communities is "different" - based on an individual community's risk. This is according to a statement by...
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...
First of Its Kind Training Installation for Search and Rescue Teams
As we learn from experience, most of the trapped victims in the aftermath of earthquakes and other natural disasters are rescued by by-passers, rather...
Magen David Adom on the Recent Storm: Past Lessons Were Learned
Following the recent storm the MDA (Magen David Adom, an Israeli medical emergency service) intends to acquire snow-plowing kits to be installed on the...
Recording calls to improve service – is that really so?
AT&T announced it was introducing a pilot system to its Customer Service Relations (CSR) for recording customers' calls as well as analyzing content and...
The US Army will provide Wi-Fi in West Africa for the...
The Defense Department has started to beef up systems needed to support troops and nongovernmental organizations engaged in the Ebola fight in West Africa,...
Wearable translation technology
Responding to disasters around the world requires communicating in foreign languages, the US Army’s Science, Technology and Experimentation division has teamed up with government...
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...
Ambulances go high-tech to prevent crashes
In an emergency, every second counts. But driving at high speeds can compromise the safety of first responders and civilians.
There is a new device...












































