Interactive Map Shows Where Disasters Are Happening
Recently, the Hillsborough River in Florida was flowing at more than 3,020 cubic feet per second, with the river’s surface being at 31.48 feet...
Firefighters Getting New Capabilities
A new situational awareness system presents original features for firefighters.The Situational Awareness System by Pierce Manufacturing is a self-piloting, actively-tethered aerial device that can...
Israeli Technology – Firefighting and Rescue Teams Spearhead
Fires constitute one of the most extreme dangers to human lives and property. When every second counts, the response is conditioned on mobility and...
Egozi: Home Front Command Confirms iHLS Claims that Home Front Not...
By Arie Egozi
During the last several years, I have been claiming here that the Israeli home front was not prepared for emergency situations vis...
Ground-Breaking Israeli Development Wins World Innovation Prize
ESRI is the Microsoft of the geographic information realm. The company supplies the GIS mapping platform - a pivotal tool for building geographical command...
Emergency Solution Inspired by 11/9 Events
Did you know that 99% of the world’s fire ladder trucks cannot reach above the 7th floor? In times of danger emergency services will...
It’s all About the Dashboard
A lot of data shared digitally by the public is used by public safety and emergency management agencies. During an emergency response, critical supplies...
Dual-Use Indoor Location Platform
Locating employees quickly in vast workplaces such as hotels is key to preventing or minimizing incidents. Locating 911 callers ensures that they get help...
Heat Detector Can Save First Responders Lives
The United States Department of Homeland Security has recently been testing its Burn Saver technology. Burn Saver is a device that gives firemen, soldiers,...
Solar UAV Gets Extended Endurance
A new extended model of the Silent Falcon solar electric, fixed wing, UAV has been launched. The EE or Extended Endurance model incorporates the...
App that Can Help Evacuate Residents Threatened by Disaster
The evacuation of residents threatened by natural disasters such as wildfires, flooding and debris flows is challenged by psychological and logistical obstacles. People typically...
Robot Dropped from Air to Help First Responders
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...
Innovation in Airport Firefighting
The Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) are getting a new principal firefighting and crash response vehicle, the P-19R ARFF, which will be able...
How did Drones Help Extinguish Notre Dame Fire?
Once again, unmanned aerial vehicles prove efficient in helping first responders cope with fire. Drones were instrumental in helping the Parisian firefighters track the...
Unique Kite Drone to be Mounted on Emergency Vehicles
A new technology integrates an autonomous tethered “kite” drone in emergency vehicles to help provide firefighters with situational awareness. In fact, this is a...
Innovative Drone to Supply Response to Fire Threat
Large scale fires threaten people and property, causing a lot of damage. A helicopter is often used to fight fires, but this mission puts...
911 Caller Location Detection in Multi-Story Buildings
Emergency call centers sometimes find it hard to accurately locate an address when a person uses a cellphone to dial 911. For years, the...
Satellite-Based Solution for Emergency Communications Gains Momentum
When disaster strikes, cell phone networks often go down – whether because of the event or because of the sheer volume of traffic, new...
Drone Swarm – Better Solution for Various Challenges
There are many benefits to using a swarm of smaller drones working together to achieve a common goal in place of one large one,...
Innovative Camera Network to Improve Fire Detection
Wildfires in California are expected to increase, and it is assessed that by 2100 the frequency of extreme wildfires would increase, and the average...
Revolutionary Advantages of 5G Communications
Disasters or emergency situations require substantial network resources to sustain and provide wireless connectivity rapidly. The exponential growth in mobile data traffic and in...
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