Updates

LA Conference to Highlight Homeland Security Needs for First Responders

The conference will highlight the technology needs of police, fire, and emergency-management personnel at all levels of government in the United States and internationally.

Arkansas Department of Health Sets New Record for Mass-Dispensing Flu Exercise

The purpose of the drill was to exercise the state's mass-dispensing plan, which is designed to ensure that health professionals & volunteers are prepared to vaccinate and/or dispense medications to a large number of people in a very short period of time.

TSI Partners With Dycor to Win Rheinmetall Contract

TSI supplies Fluorescence Aerosol Particle Sensors (FLAPs) to Dycor's advanced biological agent detection and sampling system for integration into Rheinmetall's Fuchs biodetection reconnaissance vehicles.

OSI Systems Awarded Approximate $5.0 Million Contract for New Automated Multi-View X-ray Systems for Aviation Checkpoint Screening; Advanced System Designed to Expedite Passenger Screening at Aviation Checkpoints

The Rapiscan MVXi is a multi-view X-ray system designed with advanced software to highlight explosives and other potential threat objects.

Scott Health & Safety Introduces the BioPak 240 Revolution Closed-Circuit Breathing Apparatus

The BioPak 240 Revolution CCBA features both a quick-change cooling system that can be replaced while being worn without breaking the breathing loop, and a patented CO2 scrubbing system design utilizing solid absorbents that enable rapid deployment.

MGP Instruments PDS-100 Pocket Radiation Detectors

The PDS-100 family of pocket radiation detectors are highly sensitive, fast, and accurate, and can detect, locate, quantify, and identify radioactive and nuclear materials, and discriminate NORM and Medical radionuclides.

Business Contingency Group to Award Grant to Surface Transportation Agency/Organization

This grant will allow one surface transportation agency/organization the opportunity to use the Crisis Information Management Software free for one year.

Alion Develops Automated Risk Assessment Tool to Help Chemical Industry Comply With Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Ruling

Alion Science and Technology has developed a web-based risk-management software tool that can help the chemical industry comply with a recent ruling published in the Federal Register by DHS.

New Decontamination Tank Systems from Allen-Vanguard

The company's three new decontamination systems are designed for use in a wide range of situations ranging from large-scale incidents to emergency spot decontamination of chemical, biological, and radioactive hazards.

Connecticut Department of Public Health Deploys Equipment from Mobile Hospital to Aid Nursing Home

"Once again, use of the state's mobile hospital shows how it ... [has proven to be] a key asset to our level of preparedness and ability to quickly respond to health emergencies anywhere in the state." Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell.