An Amtrak passenger train collided with a freight train in South Carolina with reports of at least two people dead and over 50 others injured, according to the rail company. (Image courtesy of CNN, Google Maps and YouTube)

2 Dead, 70 Hurt: Amtrak Train Collides with Freight Train in SC (Video)

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press and ABC News A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in South Carolina on Sunday killed two people and injured about 70 others, authorities said. The...

Thousands Gather to Remember US Marshals Hero Chris Hill (Multi-Video)

Thousands of law enforcement personnel from across the country joined friends, family and members of the public in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Jan. 25 to honor the memory of slain Deputy U.S. Marshal...
Although Slobodan Mutic stated while obtaining his visa that he had never been arrested, he later admitted that he had been detained on suspicion of killing a married couple, Stjepan and Paula Cindric, in 1992 in the town of Petrinja in central Croatia, which at that time was under Serb control.

OH Man Guilty of War Crimes in Bosnia Deported (Learn More, Video)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia has removed a former soldier of the Republika Serbian Krajina who failed to disclose his role in the ethnically...
The Coast Guard "Maritime 911 system" provides invaluable search-and-rescue support to maritime shipping and recreational boaters.

Rescue 21 Surpasses 100,000 Search and Rescue Missions (Multi-Video)

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has conducted approximately 100,000 search-and-rescue (SAR) operations since 2006 with support from the Rescue 21 Coastal system built by General Dynamics Mission Systems. Rescue 21 is the...
Increasing geopolitical tensions in maritime zones worldwide and in the Asia-Pacific regions have created a strategic impetus to consider new surveillance platforms for identifying real and perceived threats as they become imminent. Now, more than ever, persistent situational awareness is critical.

TCOM to Showcase Cost-Efficient Maritime Persistent Surveil (Video)

TCOM, a global leader for innovative, cost-effective Airborne Persistent Surveillance Solutions, and a 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Award Winner, is participating in the 2018 Singapore Airshow where it will showcase superior persistent...

Girl, 12, in Custody After Los Angeles School Shooting (Learn More, Video)

By Sky News A 12-year-old girl has been taken into custody after a handgun she allegedly took into a Los Angeles school inside a backpack went off and injured two students. Television footage...

Norton Takes the Helm of JFHQ-DODIN & Directorship of DISA

Navy Vice Adm. Nancy A. Norton assumed command of the Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) and directorship of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) during a...
Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training and other resources necessary for protecting the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.

Firefighter Assist Grant Application Period Closes Today – Apply Today

Fire departments and nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Services organizations are eligible to apply for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG). This grant can help your organization to obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles,...
The new Nautic Alert X2 platform features GEOS worldwide emergency response complete with 2-way messaging, and an optional long-range personal transmitter that can be used in a man overboard (MOB) scenario. You can even text message with any other mobile number from the middle of the ocean using Nautic Alert Insight X2.

Nautic Alert X2 for Search and Rescue (SAR) & Boater Safety Tech (Video)

When it comes to search and rescue, Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) and PLBs are fabulous technologies as a last resort. However, with limited functionality, they lack the ability to offer two-way...
A US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over U.S. Bank Stadium in advance of Super Bowl LII (Image courtesy of Glenn Fawcett)

CBP Eye in the Sky & Screening Secure Super Bowl LII (Multi-Video)

It’s a perfect day, bright blue sky above, and temperatures just a degree or two above zero. It’s cold but business as usual for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and...