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,...
“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...

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...
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:...
“Areas inland will continue to experience dangerous weather conditions, so please be safe and listen to local emergency management officials,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell.

FEMA Urges Citizens to Stay Alert to Continuing Risks from Ida

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), continues to track Hurricane Ida, which made landfall as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on Sunday afternoon. Now downgraded to a tropical...
Stryker Double V Hull Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICVVA1)

U.S. Army Stryker Brigade Combat Teams Updated with 30 mm MCWS

The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC- DTA) has awarded Oshkosh Defense, a $99 Million order to upgrade an additional Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) with the 30 mm...
HALO from IPVideo Corporation

IPVideo Corp Returns to Compete in 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

IPVideo Corporation, a leading manufacturer of audio/video recording, passive weapons detection systems and IoT sensor technology, and a Double Platinum Award Winner in the 2020 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is...
Smartphones today are with us everywhere… including the workplace and classified meetings. And therein lies the problem explains Chris Risley, CEO at Bastille Networks. Cell phones infected with spyware show no signs of compromise, giving attackers complete access to email, even encrypted email and messages, plain text messages, photographs, videos, recordings, locations, and notes stored on the phone.

I Spy With My Little… Phone? Yes, It Can Happen to You.

Guest OpEd by Chris Risley, CEO at Bastille Networks The recent revelations surrounding the Pegasus Spyware and its ability to compromise mobile phones should have all government agencies and commercial enterprises on...
This new USFA report describes the characteristics of civilian fire injuries in residential buildings as reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System for 2017-2019. (Courtesy of the USFA)

New USFA Home Fire Report & Fire Safety for People with Disabilities

Fire killed 3,700 and injured 16,600 people in 2019. Direct property losses due to fire reached $14.8 billion a year. Firefighters paid a high price for this fire record as well; in 2019, 62 firefighters died on duty. America’s...
Todd Research is a leading supplier of conveyor x-ray scanners and baggage scanning systems, with image recognition technology that quickly and easily identifies the material composition of scanned objects and enables (TIP) Threat Image Projection; a virtual image management tool, which ensures that screening performance is always maximized.

Crucial Post-Lockdown Checks for X-ray Security Scanners

Guest OpEd by Jason Wakefield, the Sales Director at Todd Research The restrictions on movement and cancellation of many events caused by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus means that, in many...