First Responders

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...

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 SECUR-ED project aims to establish new tools to achieve truly integrated security monitoring, thus ensuring the highest levels of passenger safety. Transport hubs such...

The Department of Homeland Security will review security at airports around the country after Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaned on the agency to tighten...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is increasing the number of agents and resources assigned to fight crime in Puerto Rico as part of...

Homeland Security Investigations developed app, so citizens can report child sexual abuse with a swipe and a tap. Federal investigators want to enlist every American...

  In last three years the world experienced three huge disasters. The first, in January 2010, was a strong earthquake in Haiti which caused the...

US military taps advanced technology to save lives. The U.S. Southern Command’s Science, Technology and Experimentation division showed off GeoSHAPE. This tool would have been...

U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler’s laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data...

לעברית לחץ כאן . 150 years ago, an ambitious idea became reality with the establishment of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) and Relief...

California police departments have begun using secret anti-terrorism technology capable of tracking data from every cellphone in a given area to do “routine police...

Few people know, but the reason fire procedures instruct people to refrain from elevator use in case of a fire in a high story...

Body cameras are expanding their capabilities. Thanks to Artificial Intelligence solutions, police officers’ bodycams will now be able to search for objects or persons...

iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (4 November 2014): The FBIs Next Gen system Airborne intelligence India's defense deal Gun violence in the US Bio-hazard protective gear

The Indiana Division of Homeland Security will conduct siren tests as part of a statewide tornado drill. Two tests will be initiated by the National...

Short 90- and 140- character wireless emergency alert messages delivered over mobile devices are "substantially less effective" than much longer messages to spur people...

A new crime prediction technology has been creating controversy. Brett Goldstein, an ex-cop, founded CivicScape, a technology company that sells crime-predicting software to police...

A new way of detecting chemical weapons: thin-film materials change color in response to chemical warfare agents. In today’s world, in which the threat of...

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

Command, control and coordination are highly important when dealing with an emergency situation. An application for managing major incidents and events now has a...