First Responders

Two farm workers, badly burned A child's hand stuck in a gate, with several fingers severed A traveler in the Judea desert suffering a heart attack These...

The trend is clear- Police forces want UASs for performing their mission. Recently the Sussex police in England began to use a small UAS to...

Radiation detectors are getting smaller and cheaper A handheld radiation camera developed by the University of Michigan engineering researchers offers nuclear plant operators a faster...

Can that App save you after a severe earthquake? For now it will probably save the lives of a person buried under the weight...

New in the Israeli Police helicopter wing: Soon the aircraft will also be used to fight fires. The Internal Security Ministry recently published a...

A non-disclosure agreement that police departments around the country have been signing for years with the maker of a cell-phone spy tool explicitly prohibits...

The first class of students, including fire fighters, IDF soldiers and police officers, graduated from the Israeli Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority's new Hazardous...

Articles and issues discussed in this report: New system for launching and retrieving ship-based UAVs Iranian hackers infiltrate U.S. Navy networks German Army UAV attrition rates revealed New...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has asked for proposals to help improve Web searches for defense and other agencies and eventually the public. Initially,...

The Israel Aerospace Industries rescue unit recently conducted a large-scale earthquake drill, including 80 unit volunteers, fire fighting teams, paramedics and IDF soldiers. The scenario...

The U.S Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed rules to help emergency responders better locate wireless 911 callers. The proposed rule changes stem partly...

Drugs are flowing into the U.S. through tunnels on the Mexican border. Experts say that these may be used for terror acts and they...

"When it comes to fire fighting, the name of the game is quick response. The quicker you reach a fire location, the more you...

Dubai's Civil Defense Agency recently acquired 15 remote operated quad copters – the new UAVs will patrol above sensitive areas and industrial zones in...

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...