First Responders

According to Der Spiegel, Germany's intelligence agency has a 100-million-euro plan to expand Internet surveillance. Meanwhile, the interior minister wants travelers to fill out...

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

Articles discussed in this episode: Israeli SkyStar-180 aerostat helps secure world cup Israeli company Plasan to supply APCs for Brazillian police UK Hackers face life in prison Romanian...

 Isis is trying to develop biological  weapons. Foreign Policy quotes information found on a laptop computer seized from an ISIS  operative in the Irbil...

Automatic license plate readers are the most widespread location tracking technology available to law enforcement. Mounted on patrol cars or stationary objects like bridges,...

Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services are learning the lesson from last year’s major storm. Fire Commissioner Shahar Ayalon made a surprising revelation that the Israeli...

Israel's first “National Violence Report” will be presented at a national civil security conference taking place in Jerusalem, May 2014. Officials at Israel's Internal Security...

This threat is an imminent - and the U.S is not ready. A New York financial regulator recently said he is considering new rules to...

California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill requiring law enforcement officials to secure warrants from a judge prior to using drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...

Ahead of a meeting of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS, the International Police Organization (INTERPOL) has underlined the need for military success against...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly Video report (March 3rd 2015): The international campaign against ISIS Bad Iran Deal in the Offing Innovative Face Recognition...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: The U.S. Navy's new LWaS, a low cost solution against drones, light aircraft and missiles New Israeli “star wars”...

As though anyone still entertained any doubts, Europe’s counterterrorism laws cannot deal with the current situation where terror groups are flooding the continent. This...

Boston can expect more efficient efforts by police, fire and EMS first responders, now that the city's three public safety agencies have access to...

U.S. security officials have long considered sovereign citizen groups a growing threat to domestic security. In a 2014 survey of state and local law...

We’ve already grown used to the surveillance cameras. Now there are microphones beside the cameras and in the not-so-distant future facial recognition apps will...

European countries are voluntarily providing the United States with large amounts of information about their citizens. Data transfers focus in particular on citizens attempting...

Radios for federal firefighters and police officers failed during Monday’s mass shooting at Washington’s Navy Yard, according to union representatives for first responders. According to...

U.S DHS launches $25K prize for innovative ways to track first responders indoors during incidents. The Homeland Security Department's research and development arm announced it...

The horror scenario of evacuating tens of thousands of residents living near hazardous materials facilities, refineries or military industries requires an immediate control capabilities...

This is a classic transfer of technology from the battle grounds to fires that call for the intervention of fire fighters. In the heat of...

The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has recently institutionalized a detailed 3-D mapping system, called Virtual Alabama, which aims to create maps of public...