The Seismological Laboratory at the University of California Berkeley has released a new app: MyShake. The app isn’t meant for at-home Zumba hopefuls, but...
Swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will soon be printing emergency shelter for survivors of natural disasters, or buildings, or any large structure. This...
The emergency service of Ireland is currently researching the use of the remote-controlled aircraft, also known as “Quadcopters”, for major incidents in what have...
The daily routine of the emergency service personnel, cops, fire fighters and emergency medicine doctors, is packed full with a wide variety of events,...
These days, we finished building the command post vehicle for the firefighting services, which is the national command post. The vehicle was built in...
The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion...
Preparing ahead of emergency situations and mass disasters on a national scales is not ’recommended’ or subject to considerations of cost or likelihood. Rather,...
Drones are proving a crucial high-tech tool for aid workers in the aftermath of the devastating Nepal earthquake. With the death toll from Saturday’s...
Officials are planning the first major rollout of California's earthquake early warning system next year, providing access to some schools, fire stations and more...