First Responders

First Responders

South African DCD Protected Mobility has been training Nigerian Police Force personnel on the Springbuck VI armoured personnel carrier at its facilities at Isando...

Yesterday a new airborne rescue platform was installed on an Israeli Air Force helicopter for the first time. This is the newest addition to...

EDGE (Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment), the product of a joint effort by the U.S. Army and the Department of Homeland Security intended to train...

Horace Frank, Commander of the LAPD's IT Bureau, told iHLS that during the tour he has seen some unique Israeli tech. "Among the impressive...

Almost every winter people find themselves in many countries trapped after a snow avalanche. In the search for those buried beneath the snow, every second...

An iHLS exclusive: LAPD Deputy Chief - “Israel has tech that can be useful for us.” Jose Perez, Deputy Chief of the Los Angeles Police...

The EU is considering the mandatory equipping of all cars sold in the union with devices, which would allow police to remotely disable engines,...

Interview with Richard Miller, security strategist and privacy consultant at IBM Global Technology, on cyber security. Link to the full interview. Articles featured in this video: The Future...

The LAPD delegation to Israel continued their fact finding tour of the local industries. Yesterday the delegation visited the safe city control center in...

Fire fighting doesn't just mean dowsing flames, it also means rescuing the wounded and trapped, often under very harsh conditions. Two important tools for...

A first of its kind delegation of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is visiting Israel in a unique fact finding tour. The world wants...

Interview with Shahar Belkin, CTO of FST 21, on the concept of "convenient security", security systems that don't interfere with daily life. The full interview...

The Israeli Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority has recently purchased three fire-fighting motorbikes. The bikes will be used by the new quick response unit...

Israel may look at some systems currently being used by the U.S. Border Patrol for fighting drug-smuggling tunnels. The U.S. Border Patrol unveiled one of...

Keeping houses of worship, religious schools and other faith-based organizations and agencies safe will be the subject of a security workshop on Wednesday, Feb....

Sixteen robots participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials last month performed such tasks as opening doors or climbing a ladder, all tasks aimed...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that MQ-1 Predator and Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper UAVs successfully supported local law enforcement officials in their efforts to find...

A professional review of the process of lesson-learning and renewal in the northern district of the national Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority reveals how...

By Sami Yechezkel, homeland defense expert Yesterday afternoon there was another earthquake in Israel, 3.5 on the Richter scale. This latest quake joins other recent,...

"When an army is ready for war it also has to be ready for all types of disasters, natural and man-made. In order to...

Due to recent tragic cases of drowning – at sea or in swimming pools - the Israeli MDA (Magen David Adom, an Israeli emergency...

121 new fire fighters joined the Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority personnel in Israel, including two women. At the end of their training they'll...