The United States and Canada announced the launch of the Prince Rupert Pilot to strengthen cargo security at the Canada-U.S. border as part of the Integrated Cargo Security Strategy in the Beyond the Border Action Plan. The pilot focuses on harmonizing the screening process for maritime cargo between the two countries.
The western half of the continental United States and central and northern Alaska could be in for a warmer-than-average winter, while most of Florida might be colder than normal from December through February, according to the annual Winter Outlook of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), announced from the agency's new Center for Weather and Climate Prediction.
Public health professionals throughout the United States are responding to the recent fungal meningitis outbreak. As part of the response, irms|PM® Patient Management is being used to facilitate not only the tracking and management of patients but also the prevalence of the outbreak.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the expansion, to the Los Angeles/Long Beach area, of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's (DNDO) Securing the Cities (STC) program. The STC program is designed to enhance the nation's ability to detect and prevent a radiological or nuclear attack in cities facing the highest risk.
Titus weighs 135 pounds and measures 27 inches long, 16 inches wide, and just 23 inches high. It retains the proven four-articulator design that has given Andros vehicles the best performance for more than 20 years. The system also features a unique operator control unit that includes a hybrid touch-screen and game system-style physical controls.
Verint's Audiolog for Public Safety serves as an advanced, digital multimedia recording, retrieval, and quality assurance solution designed to enhance the performance of emergency response, public safety, and control room operations. This structure will help cities and counties to combine administrative and position recordings with access to the shared Motorola radio system.
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) have partnered to draft educational materials that will provide smartphone application (app) developers an in-depth understanding of current enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) system capabilities and limitations.
DeltaTRAK has recently introduced the new FlashTRAK RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) Temperature Monitoring Solution. This wireless solution integrates FlashTRAK RFID loggers with the existing ColdTRAK cloud application, providing new capabilities and improved performance in end-to-end cold chain visibility and traceability.
With its new Sampling Cap, the superior sniffing and non-destructive nature of the ChemPro100 can be used to find unknown gases/vapors and bag them into a Tedlar bag.
The American Red Cross (ARC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) have announced the launch of a new Global Disaster Preparedness Center. The center is a globally focused reference resource designed to support learning and knowledge sharing for disaster preparedness practitioners in the ARC and Red Crescent networks as well as the wider humanitarian community.
