Fire Fighting

The US Government-funded AMBER project for advanced uniforms has been expanded. The project a collaborative effort between North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Protect...

First responders in New York will need all their expertise and equipment to try and cope with the effects of the western storm that...

A cell phone that can never run out of battery could mean the difference between life and death for people in emergency situations. A...

Firefighters might one day be able to go further into hazardous situations and exit safely thanks to augmented reality glasses in development at BAE...

The Australian Rural Fire Service (RFS) is carrying out trials this fire season with "spy in the sky" unmanned aircraft and drones to evaluate...

Engineers from two universities, Ruhr-Universität Bochum and University of Duisburg-Essen, have developed novel signal processing methods for imaging and material characterization with the aid...

In this Weekly Report (16 September 2014): Firefighting in Greece The Italian Army is evaluating an unlimited aerial surveillance system for real-time convoy protection ISIS plans to launch...

Developed by Andover, Massachusetts-based Physical Sciences, the Instant Eye aerial drone is designed to improve situational awareness during disaster response efforts. The GPS-enabled Unmanned Aerial...

Hovermast is a new means for providing stabilized real-time aerial surveillance, to forces maneuvering along the battlefield. It is currently being tested and assessed...

When disaster strikes, it’s crucial that first responders have reliable access to a controlled network, allowing them to receive and deliver critical information while...

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...

On the heels of a delivery to the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Environmental Tectonics Corp. has signed a contract for an additional disaster-management simulation...

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 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 Marine Corps is in the early phases of developing a large Group 5 unmanned aerial system (UAS) that would operate from a ship...

A wearable sensor that can monitor a person’s skin hydration for use in applications that need to detect dehydration before it poses a health...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that a MQ-1 Predator unmanned air systems (UAS) successfully supported firefighters in their efforts to contain California’s Rim Fire,...

Fires in skyscrapers are considered some of the most dangerous, as was depicted in the 1974 American disaster film “Towering Inferno.” To help firefighters,...

A smart mapping technology helps responding to and pre-empting forest fires. The smart map by Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) Sinar Mas from Indonesia...

Drones have become powerful and vital law enforcement tools. Police in Norfolk, England, will soon be using drones to help search for missing people,...

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...

About two years ago, in 2014, Amir Elichai was walking along the beach when he was mugged by a  group of people. Amir immediately...