Updates

Federal Emergency Management Agency's Citizen Corps Forms Partnership with American Association of Community Colleges

A newly formed affiliation between FEMA's Citizen Corps and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) will help to promote and improve community emergency preparedness, disaster-response training for the public, and volunteer service.

HGH Infrared Systems Launches in the United States with Market's First Long-Range 360-Degree Infrared (IR) Camera

The IR Revolution 360 is a panoramic infrared camera designed to replace multi-camera perimeter security systems that have traditionally required several single or dual-head cameras set to pan, tilt, or zoom within a fixed field of view.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF)

The proposed NBAF is a joint DHS effort with the Department of Agriculture that would establish a state-of the-art high-security laboratory facility to study both foreign animal & zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be transferred from animals to humans)

Transportation Security Administration Announces New Airport Airside Security Initiative

The Airside Vulnerability Reduction Team program will strengthen the coordination of work by TSA and its law-enforcement, airline, and airport-security partners to reduce vulnerabilities to airport airside operations.

Alion Awarded $34 Million in First Year of Potential $187 Million Department of Defense (DOD) Logistics, Maintenance, and Supply Support Contract

Alion will provide total lifecycle systems management for business processes incorporating the planning, implementation, execution, and retirement of DOD's Logistics, Maintenance, and Supply Support (LMSS) activities.

Belgium Customs Purchases CANBERRA Germanium ASP System for Use in Secondary Screening at Port of Antwerp

The CANBERRA Germanium ASP system has superior identification capabilities and is the only technology that can, with the highest degree of certainty, confirm the presence or absence of SNM (Uranium or Plutonium) or a Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD).

Remploy Frontline's Survival Evolution for CBRN First Responders

The Frontliner/CR1 Ensemble is the ideal solution for all emergency services working in a highly contaminated CBRN environment; it provides a high level of fire retardency, & ruggedness, in a breathable garment system that is comfortable to wear.

MSA's New left/RIGHT Ear Muffs Designed to Fit the Individual User

left/RIGHT is the first ear muff designed so that the left muff differs from the right to provide a better fit.

ESi Opens New Emergency Management Training Facility

ESi University is a facility for emergency-management training specializing in ESi's WebEOC, the first Web-enabled collaborative crisis-information system, which provides real-time information sharing to facilitate decision-making in emergency situations.

Discover the New HAWK-FR Stand-Off Detector From Bruker Daltonics

The HAWK-FR is a low-cost, lightweight, easy-to-use chemical agent stand-off detector with scanner.