In 2020, the world changed in unexpected and mostly, unanticipated ways. Schools were closed, sports were canceled and just about everything we understood and took for granted changed. What did not change then or now is the need to have informed conversations about the threats to safety always, and the need to have access to resources that are easy to understand and easy to apply. Developing comprehensive plans for awareness, preparedness, response, and recovery are the first steps-based on knowledge not out of fear. (Courtesy of PWPORG)

3 Minutes to Preparedness: 6 Steps to Cyber Hygiene

By PWPORG, a 501(c)(3) built by law enforcement and security industry practitioners and educators to provide educational resources to kids, families and communities on safety and emergency preparedness. Foundational Best Practices STEP ONE:...

Doctors Warn Against the Milk Crate Challenge (Learn More, Multi-Video)

August 27, 2021 – In Breaking News – Hackensack Meridian Health Dare devils across the internet are at it again with a new and very dangerous viral trend, the #MilkCrateChallenge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvxJoHwCk-4 (Medical experts say the...
“If we’re not talking officer safety and sending our men and women safely home to their families then we’re not having a conversation I want to have,” Sheriff C. H. "Hank" Partin

Automatic Injury Detection (AID) Nominated in 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards

Select Engineering Services (SES), a Double Platinum Award Winner in the 2020 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased to announce the Automatic Injury Detection (AID) is one of two products...

10 Disaster Preparedness Tips Every Public Safety Department Should Use

By Sahil Merchant, Chief Strategy Officer at Fūsus Whether it’s a natural disaster, an incident at a major event, or an active shooter or terrorist attack, situations inevitably arise where a multi-agency,...
John Julias, Biosecurity Program Manager at Draper exclusively outlines for American Security Today (AST), the growing importance of biothreat detection for professionals who work in port security, law enforcement and military security.

Biothreat Dangers for Port Security, Law Enforcement and Military

Major infectious diseases, like COVID-19, often go undetected until they spread. Spotting the problem in a community isn’t easy, in part because infectious disease detection, which is the foundation for surveillance...

Rave Mobile COVID Recovery Solution Nominated in 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards

Rave Mobile Safety, a leading critical communication platform and Multi-Award Winner in the 2020 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased to announce the Rave Coronavirus Recovery Solution, is one of...
AI-powered risk intelligence accelerates the entire critical event management process by filtering through massive amounts of data to give you the information you need, when you need it most.

Onsolve Returns to Compete in Fourth Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

Onsolve, a Double Award Winner in the 2020 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, and a leading critical event management provider for enterprises, small-to-medium sized organizations, and government entities, is pleased to...
E-Request digitally transforms how emergency communications centers (ECCs) receive and process 911 audio evidence requests and share incident information with district attorneys, police investigators and other key stakeholders.

NICE Public Safety E-Request Nominated in 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards

NICE Public Safety, a Double Platinum 2020 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program Winner, is pleased to announce their new E-Request has been nominated to compete in the 2021 'ASTORS' Awards Program. As...
OnSolve

What’s Next to Recover? Bolster Your Resiliency Against These 5 Trends

Guest OpEd by Matt Bradley, Vice President of Global Security Solutions at OnSolve More than halfway through 2021, many of the challenges that caught us off guard last year continue to linger,...
PWPORG Parents with Preparedness Launches Special 9/11 2021 Edition Featuring the voice of practitioners, which should never be silenced.  Earned experience, especially through crisis is invaluable in preparedness education. We are honored to announce this special edition and encourage you to go to https://www.pwporg.org/ to view it in it’s entirety. 

FDNY: FATHERS AND SONS, A LEGACY PASSED ALONG

September 2021 - By PARENTS WITH PREPAREDNESS MAGAZINE Written by Jim Johnson On September 11, 2001, FDNY’s Thomas Richardson and Richard Blatus were Battalion Chiefs working in different areas of New York who...