The six-month program will enhance collaboration and improve existing capabilities among community first responders and public safety organizations by providing seamless interoperability and remote broadband access.
"Failure by any one country to contain the disease could lead to rapid re-infection in many more countries," UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Assistant Director-General Alexander Müller
RAE Systems' China subsidiary, RAE-KLH, will supply a 1,600-point combustible and toxic-gas detection system along with field services and technical support in 2007-2008.
The JV will combine Smiths Detection with GE Homeland Protection to create a leading global business serving the fast-growing detection and homeland protection markets.
The Rescue Stick's unique capability to provide more flotation at a longer distance quickly makes this device a powerful rescue tool in the hands of professionals and recreational users.
The rule is expected to affect more than 750,000 port employees, longshoremen, mariners, truckers, and others who require unescorted access to secure areas of ports and vessels.
The partnership with Implant Sciences expands RAE Systems' open wireless network strategy for meeting the CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear, and explosives) detection needs of first responders for the protection of public venues.
"Interoperability is a challenge not only within a particular city or even a single urban area or region, but often across multiple counties and even multiple states that are part of a single region for emergency purposes." Secretary Chertoff
