ESRI is the Microsoft of the geographic information realm. The company supplies the GIS mapping platform - a pivotal tool for building geographical command...
A lot of data shared digitally by the public is used by public safety and emergency management agencies. During an emergency response, critical supplies...
Locating employees quickly in vast workplaces such as hotels is key to preventing or minimizing incidents. Locating 911 callers ensures that they get help...
The United States Department of Homeland Security has recently been testing its Burn Saver technology. Burn Saver is a device that gives firemen, soldiers,...
The evacuation of residents threatened by natural disasters such as wildfires, flooding and debris flows is challenged by psychological and logistical obstacles. People typically...
First responders might lose their lives due to poor situational awareness in areas they are being deployed. It’s hard to tell without actually being...
Once again, unmanned aerial vehicles prove efficient in helping first responders cope with fire. Drones were instrumental in helping the Parisian firefighters track the...
A new technology integrates an autonomous tethered “kite” drone in emergency vehicles to help provide firefighters with situational awareness. In fact, this is a...
Wildfires in California are expected to increase, and it is assessed that by 2100 the frequency of extreme wildfires would increase, and the average...
Disasters or emergency situations require substantial network resources to sustain and provide wireless connectivity rapidly. The exponential growth in mobile data traffic and in...
The advance in robotics has already spread to first responders such as firefighters. However, the use of robots in the management of wildfires burning...