The National Institute of Standards and Technology Disaster and Failure Studies Data Repository was established in 2011 to provide a place where data collected during and after a major disaster or structural failure, as well as data generated from related research, could be organized and maintained to facilitate study, analysis and comparison with future events.
After its recent fundraising, Delair-Tech continues its global expansion with a new base in Los Angeles, California, to develop its U.S. activities. Delair-Tech has developed full-fledged solutions based on the use of long-range drones to support decision making for major groups in the transport, energy, mining, security, and agricultural sectors.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $6 million. "Through our Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan, USDA is leading the way to better understand how antibiotic resistance develops, find alternatives to antibiotics, and educate people on practices that reduce the need for antibiotics," said Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack.
To speed the development of diagnostic tests for Zika virus infection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will support the collection of blood samples from people in the continental United States and Puerto Rico who have been infected with Zika virus.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released the 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook, providing first responders with an updated go-to manual to help respond to hazardous materials transportation accidents during the critical first minutes.
908 Devices announced that the National Capital Region's Hazardous Materials Committee has purchased nine of its handheld mass spectrometer for downrange threat detection and identification (M908). The addition of M908 replaces older, technologically obsolete mass spectrometers with an innovative technology that is user friendly and inexpensive to maintain.
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) game changing datacasting system was successfully used by the City of Houston and its first responders to securely share information between different responding agencies during the Republican Presidential Candidates' Debate on February 25 and the NCAA Men's Final Four Basketball Tournament April 1-4.
Smiths Detection Inc. announced a $17.2 million follow-on production order from the U.S. Army under the Department of Defense's Joint Chemical Agent Detector program. Smiths Detection's Lightweight Chemical Detector is a cost-effective and reliable solution that protects military personnel, police and hazmat responders by alerting operators when dangerous chemicals are detected.
Changes in the tests that diagnose foodborne illness are helping identify infections faster but could soon pose challenges to finding outbreaks and monitoring progress toward preventing foodborne disease, according to a report published in CDCs Morbidity and Mortality Week Report. The report included the most recent data from CDCs Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, or FoodNet.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing up to $103 million in post-disaster recovery and the rehabilitation of aging dams in 19 States. "The Emergency Watershed Protection program is vital to communities repairing damage and making improvements to reduce future damage from natural disasters," Vilsack said.
