First Responders

The first US national system intended to prevent hobby drones from interfering with planes and helicopters fighting wildfires has launched. Privately flown drones pose serious...

A new Massachusetts police department drone will soon provide investigators reconstructing car accidents with a much-needed eye in the sky — and is expected...

The Turkish police ordered six drones and four ground control stations, with deliveries scheduled for 2016, procurement sources said. The tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...

Rafael is presenting ABS 4 - a crisis management team trainer system that allows the trainees to use a combination of Live Virtual and...

New York trains for shooting incidents. Law enforcement officers descended on One World Trade Center a few day ago for a special day of...

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, first responders and emergency teams soon found out that they were ill-equipped to coordinate with one another. That realization...

Preventing malware attacks before they can happen has been a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T)...

Members of the general public operating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are a “a real and growing threat” to civilian aircraft, warns Tony Tyler, director-general...

Drone USA, a developer and manufacturer of low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and related technologies, announced it has entered into an agreement enabling the...

The various teams of first responders and their agencies play a major role in coping with natural and human-made disasters, and they need the...

The steady growth of the use of digital surveillance technologies by local police departments may dramatically improve the efficiency of criminal investigations, but it...

The federal government's multiagency center that is on call to respond to radiological incidents has issues with aging equipment, says a recent report from...

Barely a few days after a government crackdown on a spyware manufacturer, comes the startling revelation that law enforcement agencies have been purchasing commercial...

Developing computer platforms for frontline combat forces has unfolded as one of the most dominant fields of innovation over the past decade. Obviously, everything...

Amid heightened security alerts everywhere, police in Canada remain vigilant. Canadian police say they have recently foiled a plot to carry out a mass...

Adrian Kennard, head of UK ISP Andrews & Arnold, an Internet service provider, has warned of major technical issues with the proposed Investigatory Powers...

For millennia humans have relied on dogs for security. Their keen sense of smell provided protection around the ancient campfire and alerted to intruders...

Transporting maps and geographic information to emergency responders quickly is critical to making strategic decisions on resources, personnel, services and disaster-coping. Buffalo Computer Graphics...

A new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) prototype, designed as a cheaper and safer alternative for conducting aerial ignitions of high intensity fire, is under...

Eurocopter’s EC135 will perform medical airlift duties throughout Turkey with a fleet of 17 helicopters to be flown by the Turkish Aeronautical Association’s THK...

Simulating flames, fire and smoke at the Fire Fighting and Rescue Academy * Aimed at fire fighting training and drills Cadets at the Fire Fighting...

Security for the 2024 Olympics could cost $1 billion and more, if the games take place in Los Angeles, according to some estimates. In an...