The Outdated Protocol Of Fire Departments
Although the realities of the fire fighters’ job has changed, the governmental regulations have not. The number of calls to the fire department in...
UAVs To Aid Fire Fighters
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...
Israel’s Fire fighting fleet is expanding
The fire and rescue department’s fire fighting fleet has grown and now has 14 planes, after completing the purchase of six new airplanes, which...
The Internet of Things in the Fire-Fighting world
In the past, when people lived in the 1950’s, they must have thought that fire departments of the future will make extensive use of...
Airbus’ Helicopters to be used by Japanese Police And Firefighting...
Airbus Helicopters announced that it has received an order of two more Dauphin helicopters along with the three others scheduled for delivery later this...
Hi-Tech Fire Fighting
The state of Oregon's fire fighters have begun using visual information coming straight from a NASA satellite and into their computer screens, helping them...
Fire fighting robots to aid in smoke filled buildings
Even with a map of the building, firefighters often have to grope their way forward if smoke has badly affected visibility, feeling their way along...
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Future Forces 4 HLS
The upcoming conference for the HLS Future Forces is to be held on July 21st, bringing with...
Living in the future – technology as urban infrastructure
Google announces the formation of Sidewalk Labs, whose goal is finding technological solutions to issues rising in urban living such as living expenses, transportation...
City Surveillance Cameras double the force for authorities
As city centers became more crowded, so did crime become more common. In dealing with rising crime rates in its region, the Orlando City...
Egozi’s Fury – Rockets and Boycott on Israel
Again, rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip. I won’t relate to the ridiculous response by the IDF, sending the airforce to bomb "terror...
Drones for emergency services
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...
An Assisting Technology that Can Save Life
The daily routine of the emergency service personnel, cops, fire fighters and emergency medicine doctors, is packed full with a wide variety of events,...
A New Command Car for the Firefighting Services
These days, we finished building the command post vehicle for the firefighting services, which is the national command post. The vehicle was built in...
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...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – March 17th 2015
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In this weekly Video report (March 17th 2015):
Converted Prop Guns Are Assassins’ Weapon of Choice
Robot Firefighter Puts Out Its...
First responders’ technology prize to be awarded by DHS
U.S DHS launches $25K prize for innovative ways to track first responders indoors during incidents.
The Homeland Security Department's research and development arm announced it...
Robot firefighter puts out its first blaze
A humanoid firefighting robot was live tested in the U.S.
This was the first live test for SAFFiR – the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot –...
Are unmanned firefighters for real?
Science fiction or reality: Vision-guided humanoid robot and UAV work in tandem to fight fires. Get the whole story right here.
As part of an...
New York is bracing for huge storm
First responders in New York will need all their expertise and equipment to try and cope with the effects of the western storm that...
Terror attacks on rail systems by domestic terrorists: a major U.S...
The terror attacks in Paris have renewed a sense of insecurity among residents of major U.S. cities. One of the latest Islamic State threats...
New Israeli Police helicopters will also assist in firefighting
The new helicopters the Israeli Police intends to acquire will also feature firefighting capabilities. This, according to Fire & Rescue Commissioner Shachar Ayalon who...
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