While the number of fires is on the decline, firefighter deaths are not - researchers from the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Public Health found that cultural factors in the work environment that promote getting the job done as quickly as possible with whatever resources available lead to an increase in line-of-duty firefighter fatalities.
The Propaq MD and the Propaq M were developed and designed specifically to meet the tough demands of battlefield medicine, which encompass air transport and evacuation, and the highly mobile ground, sea, and air deployments of medical assets. Both meet an unprecedented number of military and international standards related to durability, environmental operation and storage extremes, radio frequency emissions, and susceptibility to spurious electrical and radio frequency noise.
This important update focuses on: (a) The use of an "All of Nation" approach; (b) The building of capabilities "to confront any challenge"; and (c) Implementation of "a more rigorous assessment system."
"The consolidation of the Delaware City and County 9-1-1 call centers gave us the opportunity to upgrade our existing equipment to a system that can meet the demands of our growing community," said Robert Greenlaw, communications director of DELCOMM. "As our population grows and technologies advance, we need to ensure that, when we receive an emergency call, we have the right tools in place to protect our citizens. Cassidian Communications has provided that to us."
L-3 Security & Detection Systems has announced that the United Kingdom's Department for Transport (DfT) has approved its OptEX® explosives trace detection (ETD) system for use in U.K. transportation security applications. OptEX® is based on L-3's innovative energetic materials detection (EMD) technology, which uses thermal signatures to detect trace levels of explosives from the surfaces of objects, vehicles, or people in order to indicate a potential explosives threat.
During a federal funding hiatus, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must be able to cease its government operations in an orderly fashion. Certain functions and activities that will be permitted to continue are "exempt" from work restrictions specified in the Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA).
The U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has announced that a contract has been awarded to develop a long-acting single-dose antiviral drug for use in the United States.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced a partnership with Brunswick Commercial and Government Products (BCGP) to customize border & harbor patrol watercraft with Thermo Scientific Matrix RadSPEC Series 400 radiation detection systems. The Thermo Scientific RadSPEC system is engineered to quickly and automatically detect radioactive threat material or weapons.
Saab in North America has received an order to provide a net centric-based command and control solution to the State of Georgia's Trauma Communications Center. The $845,000 contract to provide an advanced C2 system enabling the real-time tracking of trauma cases and medical care availability was signed with the Georgia Tech Research Institute as the contracting party. The new system is scheduled to be integrated over the next four months.
NetWitness Corporation has been acquired by information infrastructure leader EMC Corporation, and will operate as a line of business under RSA, The Security Division of EMC. The NetWitness team will continue to focus, officials said, "on what you already have come to expect from us: delivery and support of the most advanced network security solutions in the industry."
