Fire Fighting

Fire Fighting

First responders face many challenges in their line of work, and the quicker they need to get the job done the higher the risks...

Almost half of police forces and two thirds of fire services all across the UK are now either using drones or are planning to...

Focus Telecom has launched a revolutionary new cyber product, GPSdome, which protects GPS devices from electronic jamming. The new GPS anti-jamming is designed to...

By Eyal Harel Last Tuesday a dangerous substance leaked from a vehicle in a main street of one of the neighborhoods in Jerusalem.  The incident...

The great wildfire in northern Alberta, Canada has already burned an estimated 300,000 hectares and is not nearing an end, as Rachel Notley, the...

DuPont Protection Solutions has unveiled a new game-changing technology to help better protect firefighters – DuPont Nomex Nano for thermal liners in turnout gear...

About two years ago, in 2014, Amir Elichai was walking along the beach when he was mugged by a  group of people. Amir immediately...

Tyco Innovation, a branch of that global leader in fire and security solutions, has snagged up some inventive Israeli startups that could help save...
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Fires in skyscrapers are considered some of the most dangerous, as was depicted in the 1974 American disaster film “Towering Inferno.” To help firefighters,...

When entering a burning building, one of the highest priorities for firefighters is to know the precise location of each team member at all...

Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) air traffic control system on 18 November. During the demonstration, Lockheed employed its UAS...

NMOTION UAS, a Kansas, US based company is aiming to make firefighter’s jobs much safer by bringing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology into the...

Dubai has sealed a deal with Martin Jetpack in order to have its firefighters armed with technology that could allow them to fly up...
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A new drone under development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln could change the way wildfires are fought – and encourage the use of prescribed...

We’ve heard numerous times how unmanned aerial vehicles were interfering with firefighters’ work when they were hovering around their helicopters. Different laws have been...

How can first responders be sure they’ve taken care of everyone in the scene? And what if one of the injured, unconscious behind the...

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...

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...

A joint project between NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) resulted in a smart program that will do just about anything...

Surely you’ve all gone off for a few days’ vacation in some remote location and failed to leave your worries behind. Some of us,...

Although the realities of the fire fighters’ job has changed, the governmental regulations have not. The number of calls to the fire department in...

The first thing that probably comes to any person’s mind in using unmanned aerial platforms is military needs, and especially missions gathering visual intelligence...