The swearing-in ceremonies, the parade, and the celebrations that followed were major successes. An even greater success was the behind-the-scenes preparations that ensured that nothing happened that was not supposed to happen.
The day of the stand-alone first-responder agency is over. When a major disaster occurs what is now needed is a multi-talented, well coordinated team of professionals representing a broad range of disciplines & trained to work together against all hazards
Secretary Napolitano announced a department-wide action directive challenging every agency, component, and office to generate new efficiencies and to promote greater accountability, transparency, & customer satisfaction.
SOLOMON SEAL: a comprehensive, affordable, and off-the-shelf system that ensures cargo sealing and real-time integrity and status tracking through the entire supply chain.
The Summit will bring together public-safety organizations, industry representatives, & others to address matters of interest and will help build upon the Bureau's February 2008 Summit topic, "911 Call Center Operations & Next-Generation Technologies."
Kevin McCormack and Joanne Stephenson join the management team to lead the company's international commercial business efforts for the newly launched EvoCyclerTMHD12 molecular diagnostics platform.
With Entity Resolution, information previously believed to be unrelated can be linked together, providing the potential to identify suspected persons of interest, to link events to specific persons or identities, & to connect known persons of interest.
These resources are intended for individuals at healthcare facilities tasked with ensuring that those facilities are as prepared as possible for an emergency.
Passenger imaging technologies, like millimeter wave, enable TSA to detect, without physical contact, prohibited items including weapons, explosives, and other metallic and non-metallic objects concealed under layers of clothing.
The National Center for Emergency Medical Preparedness and Response (NCEMPR) will offer training and evaluation to local communities and to the state to strengthen preparedness for future emergencies.
Universal Detection Technology announced that, through its deal with the Commerce Department's Commercial Service, it is promoting the company's handheld assays, which can be used to detect up to five bioterrorism agents.
The revised Health and Wellness Guide provides updated information on health and wellness issues, trends, and programs focused on the needs of the volunteer fire services.
Cut costs the easy way - by merging agencies, using more volunteers, and reducing services. The only problem is that agency employees might be unhappy, taxpayers might revolt, and elected officials might soon be looking for new jobs.
The disaster declaration procedure is a process that preserves the discretion of a governor to request assistance - and the freedom of the president to decide to grant, or not to grant, supplemental help.
The training video explains the contents of the ERG and how to use it as a helpful resource in the event of a hazardous-materials transportation incident.
The remotely piloted Predator B allows CBP personnel to safely conduct missions in areas that are difficult to access or otherwise considered too high-risk for manned aircraft or CBP personnel on the ground.
This action directive challenges every DHS agency, component, and office to generate new efficiencies and to promote greater accountability, transparency, and customer satisfaction.
Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers are aware that surge capabilities have become increasingly important in dealing with mass-casualty incidents. But few really understand that many meanings are encompassed in that one word.
At last! A Federal Register notice asks the nation's business community to comment on ideas that have been submitted to upgrade the disaster-preparedness capabilities of the U.S. private sector. Read, heed, and proceed - but do it fast.
Several diseases, including a potential influenza pandemic & illnesses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), remain the most direct health-related threats to the U.S., but are not the only health indicators with strategic significance.
Upp and ESi's combined offering will enhance real-time accuracy for applications in emergency management and simplify on-the-ground decision-making during crisis situations.
"Our customers will benefit from Telogis' OnTrack platform of advanced technologies, such as optimized vehicle routing, navigation, vehicle maintenance and satellite imagery," said Darby Vice President Jim Dunham.
"We are proud to be the provider of critical infrared technology that enables this technologically advanced life-saving program," said Scott B. Conner, President & Chief Operating Officer of Axsys Technologies.
"John's knowledge of logistics and extensive sales experience in the government and commercial sectors make him the ideal person to lead TVI's sales team," said Lt. General Harley A. Hughes, USAF (Ret.), TVI's President and CEO.
The purpose of this guidance is to give emergency planners nuclear detonation-specific response recommendations that maximize the preservation of life in the event of an urban nuclear detonation.
Situational awareness, on the part of the ships' crews, is the key. New and better equipment also is needed, plus the involvement of armed naval vessels, and possibly some changes in international law.
GAO recommends that U.S. Department of Defense be tasked to: (1) conduct routine risk assessments; (2) implement an air-sovereignty alert (ASA) program as a steady-state mission; and (3) develop other plans as needed for future air-sovereignty challenges.
First Line Technology recently delivered 40 AmbuBus - Bus Stretcher Conversion Kits to the Georgia Department of Human Resources completing a $1 million statewide contract to enhance evacuation capabilities during natural or man-made disasters.
ESiWebFUSION served as the central communications hub and enabled individual WebEOC customers (police, military and medical personnel) to communicate securely with each other during the inauguration.
The directive requires specific department offices and components to work together and with state and local partners to review and assess the plans and policies to address: criminal and fugitive aliens; southbound gun smuggling and more.
The ACUSON P10 system is the first pocket ultrasound imaging device that provides physicians and clinical personnel with earlier and faster clinical assessments at the point of care.
The new 36x SmartDome system produces images that are free of glare & shadow over a wide range of illumination levels, takes less than 10-minutes to install, and is the finest weather & vandal resistant camera available for IP networks.
