Death Toll Rises as Firefighters Battle Massive CA Wildfires (Multi-Video)
By Joseph Serna, Laura J. Nelson, Chris Megerian, Sonali Kohli, The Los Angeles Times
As the death toll rose to 40, firefighters struggled to get the upper hand against several massive wildfires...
SES Automatic Injury Detection (AID) in ‘ASTORS’ Awards (Multi-Video)
Select Engineering Services (SES), has developed the only wearable body armor sensor that notifies an entire agency when an attack has occurred on an officer(s) providing GPS Location, Injuries, Medical Information...
Genetec Citigraf: New Public Safety Decision Support – LIVE in Chicago
Genetec, a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, recognized as a finalist in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is launching its new...
Armor Express Protects US CBP Agents (Learn More, Multi-Video)
Armor Express, a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-performance body armor solutions, and a competitor in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, has been awarded a five-year, multimillion dollar Indefinite...
Texas Tech Police Officer Fatally Shot, Freshman in Custody (Multi-Video)
By Laurel Wamley, the two-way, NPR
A university spokesman tells NPR that campus police were dispatched to the room of Hollis Daniels III, 19, to check on him, after his suitemates contacted...
Be a Survivor: Trauma Resiliency to Tragedies for First Responders
10 Stages of ATSM for First Responders
Guest Editorial by Vincent J. McNally, MPS, FAAETS
First Responders should have the “tools from the toolbox” to maintain their own resiliency to primary traumatic stress,...
Police Arrest Suspect in a Series of Bomb Threats & Cyberstalking
A Waltham, MA, man was arrested Thursday night on charges that he conducted an extensive cyberstalking campaign against his former roommate, a 24-year-old woman who was residing in Massachusetts at the...
DHS S&T Sponsors Advanced Trace Detection Systems Dev’t Industry Day
DHS S&T is sponsoring a two-day technical industry meeting in the area of trace explosive detection capabilities for use in the Homeland Security Enterprise.
Explosives trace detection is frequently used as a...
SWN Direct Competes in ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards (Video)
When it comes to increasing public safety and homeland security, the success of your response plan to emergency events - whether they are natural or man-made - depends on your ability...
Triage: How We Can Change 911 and Save Lives (Learn More, Multi-Video)
By Amir Elichai, Founder & CEO of Reporty Homeland Security
There are 240 million calls made to 911 each year.
Of these 240 million calls, it’s estimated that around 50% of those are misdialed.
For...
