This realignment will strengthen the regions, help partners to comprehensively build preparedness levels and priorities, and allow for even better service to customers and stakeholders.
The DSC2000 is Delta's fastest, smallest, and most shallow barricade, created especially for high-speed applications - and it meets/exceeds British standards, which are used by many international agencies in selecting vehicle control equipment.
"We are on course to implement and enforce the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which is an important step forward in securing the homeland," said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
"This is an important step toward achieving the U.S. and EU's shared objective of enhancing supply-chain security," said CBP Deputy Commissioner Jayson Ahern.
Manufacturer Z-Medica Corporation cites first responder John McCullough for his heroic use of QuikClot hemostatic agent to save the life of a motorcycle accident victim bleeding from a severed femoral artery.
With an eye-level height of up to 23 feet, the Vantage gives security and law-enforcement personnel the ability to monitor crowds, perimeters, and surrounding areas from a stationary point.
WebEOC is the first web-enabled collaborative crisis-information communications system, providing real-time information sharing to facilitate planning, training, emergency response, recovery, and continuity of government and business operations.
The NRF is designed to be scalable, flexible, and adaptable, and always in effect; the system articulates clear roles and responsibilities among local, state, and federal officials.
The Controlled Impact Rescue Tool, or CIRT, uses shock waves to pulverize concrete, which enables rescue workers to remove the material more quickly than is possible by using existing techniques.
Thales Communications was recognized by Aviation Week for its "enviable reputation" as an industry leader of SDR and Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) technology.