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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...
The Role Of Emergency Services in Emergency Scenarios
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Last Tuesday a dangerous substance leaked from a vehicle in a main street of one of the neighborhoods in Jerusalem. The incident...
Alberta Firefighters Seek Drones To Help Battle The Wildfire
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 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...
The Israeli App That Is About to Save Lives
About two years ago, in 2014, Amir Elichai was walking along the beach when he was mugged by a group of people. Amir immediately...
Israeli Startups And the Future of Firefighting
Tyco Innovation, a branch of that global leader in fire and security solutions, has snagged up some inventive Israeli startups that could help save...
FAROS – The Wall Climbing, Flying, Firefighting Drone
Fires in skyscrapers are considered some of the most dangerous, as was depicted in the 1974 American disaster film “Towering Inferno.” To help firefighters,...
New Technology Could Save the Lives of 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 Demonstrates Drone Air Traffic Control System
Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) air traffic control system on 18 November. During the demonstration, Lockheed employed its UAS...
A Drone By Firefighters For Firefighters
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’s Fire Service To Soon Use Jetpacks To Fight Fires
Dubai has sealed a deal with Martin Jetpack in order to have its firefighters armed with technology that could allow them to fly up...
A Drone That Ignites Fires To Prevent Wildfires
A new drone under development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln could change the way wildfires are fought – and encourage the use of prescribed...
Who Needs Fire Fighting Helicopters When There Are Drones?
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...
Location Data For First Responders
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...
New Technologies For Israel’s First Responders
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...
How To Make First Responders More Efficient
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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.I. Program To Assist Us In Making Decisions
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...
Your Smoke Detector Will Also Be Wired
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,...
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...
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