Updates

Coast Guard Meets Safe Port Act Deadline

The International Maritime Organization's long-range identification and tracking system will provide an unclassified system for tracking more than 40,000 ships worldwide by the end of 2008.

South Carolina Emergency Management Agency Standardizes on AreaRAE Wireless Sensor Networks

The state is now standardizing on AreaRAE compatible equipment to aid in data interoperability and mutual aid response.

Applied Global Technologies' Emergency Communication Systems Impact State of Florida

The 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion based in Jacksonville, Fla., recently received several new pieces of communication equipment that will improve interactions between state agencies and local authorities during emergencies.

MDI Announces Contract With Wake County Government in North Carolina

MDI, Inc. announced that it has received a purchase order to provide products, engineering services and technical solutions for integrated access control and alarm management at 60 critical locations within the Wake County Government in North Carolina.

Senator Clinton Honors Public Safety Telecommunicators

Telecommunications professionals are the first line of communication with the public, from a hurricane or terrorist threat to a local 9-1-1emergency, providing our citizens with a soothing voice, a steady hand, and life-saving information.

U.S. Defense Department Places First Full-Rate Production Order for E-Z-EM's Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion (RSDL)

RSDL is a patented, broad spectrum skin decontamination product intended to remove or neutralize chemical warfare (CW) agents or T2 toxins from the skin.

SES AMERICOM Selects iDirect to Support REDiSat Network

Two of the nation's premier satellite providers have partnered to secure network connectivity in the face of disaster. SES Americom has selected iDirect Technologies to provide the satellite broadband hardware for their REDiSat Network.

National Joint TERT Initiative (NJTI) Releases Model Recommendations for Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Deployment for Comment

This document is provided to assist Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and governing 9-1-1 authorities with the information required for developing, training, equipping and deploying a standardized TERT team.

Eastern Kentucky University Offers Programs Addressing all Facets of the First Responder Community

Eastern Kentucky University has been providing quality educational programs for all areas of the first responder community for more than 30 years; the addition of a Bachelor's Degree in Homeland Security is a natural development.

Sartin Services Announce the Creation of a Mobile Evacuation Bus

The company's goal in developing this vehicle was to give responding rescue and medical personnel the tools they needed "to care for and transport large numbers of patients which we hope will save lives," said Ed Sartin, president of Sartin Services.