ALERT: Helping First Responders Prep for Hazmat Transport Emergencies
By Pipelines & Hazardous Materials Administrator Marie Therese Dominguez
Last year, Congress authorized a new grant program to help fund training for remote and volunteer first responders on how to handle incidents involving...
DEA: Fentanyl-Related Overdose Deaths Rising at an Alarming Rate
DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), which details the extent to which illicit drugs are affecting the United States.
Most notably,...
North Slope Borough PD Selects eFORCE for Public Safety Needs (Video)
America’s farthest north municipal police department, North Slope Borough PD, has chosen eFORCE Software to meet its unique needs.
“I was very impressed by the sales team and the product demo,” said...
Las Vegas Police Agencies Adopt Secure Mobile Platform (Video)
More than 2,700 sworn officers in the Las Vegas area are now communicating in-the-field via encrypted voice, text, video and file sharing on the Secured Communications, mobile connection platform.
Secured Communications provides...
Tyco Security Products Launches Shooter Detection System Integration
Tyco Security Products, a 2016 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Winner, has today announced that Software House C•CURE 9000, the access-control powerhouse, now integrates with Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System by...
Shooter Detection Systems Selected by Fortune 500 Companies (Video)
Seven Fortune 500 Corporations with headquarters in Massachusetts, California, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and Texas have chosen Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), the world’s most widely installed indoor gunshot detection technology,...
OH Man Sentenced for Terrorism Plot to Kill Government Employees (Video)
Christopher Lee Cornell, 22, of Green Township, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for plotting, planning and attempting an attack on government officials during the State of the...
McMurdo Wins NOAA Award to Expand SAR Geographic Areas
McMurdo, the most trusted name in emergency readiness and response, and a 2016 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Winner, has been awarded a $6.67 million USD contract by the National Oceanic and...
Spire AirSafe Tracking to Prevent & Reduce Response Time to Airline Disasters (Video)
Spire has announced the upcoming availability of a space-based global aircraft tracking service (Spire AirSafe).
The service, which will capture and provide the location of all Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipped planes,...
Oakland Fire: 33 Bodies Found; 70% of Building Still to be Searched (Video)
By Dan Simon and Chandrika Narayan, CNN
At least 33 people have been confirmed dead, including teenagers and a deputy's son, in a massive blaze that gutted a converted warehouse over the...
