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Rise of the Machines: The Use of Drones in Public Safety

By   /  October 22, 2012  /  Emergency Management, General News, Homeland Security  /  No Comments

From A.W.A.R.E Nelson County, North Dakota Sheriff Kelly Janke knew he had a problem. While trying to serve an arrest warrant on an area farm this summer, he was chased away by three armed men brandishing rifles. Afraid of what could be a very dangerous standoff, he called in back up. On the ground, North [...]

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Maryland’s Statewide Public Safety Radio Network Takes Shape

By   /  September 13, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

Maryland has launched the first phase of a statewide public safety radio network that will allow public safety personnel from state agencies and local jurisdictions to communicate digitally across a single, interoperable system. The new 700 MHz radio system, Maryland First Responders Interoperable Radio System Team (Maryland FiRST), was officially announced in June and the [...]

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Cybersecurity: The Most Active, Dynamic and Threatening Area of Risk

By   /  September 13, 2012  /  Cyber Security, Homeland Security  /  No Comments

US-VISIT Proves That Biometrics Make a Difference

Cybersecurity and public-private partnerships are two of the top buzzwords of 2012 in the homeland security and emergency management fields — and that was clearly the case during the ASIS International Annual Seminar on Monday, Sept. 10, in Philadelphia. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano spoke during the event and called cybersecurity an urgent, sustained concern that [...]

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U.S. DOD Partners with Cities, Countries on Biosurveillance

By   /  September 4, 2012  /  Homeland Security  /  No Comments

In line with the first National Biosurveillance Strategy released last month, the Defense Department is working with U.S. cities and countries around the world to enhance capabilities needed to detect and track a range of natural or intentional global disease outbreaks. Biosurveillance involves using experts and a range of technologies to systematically gather, analyze and [...]

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Building Resilience through Public Private Partnerships

By   /  August 2, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

From the FEMA Blog  by: Dan Stoneking, Director, Private Sector On July 23 and 24, U.S. Northern Command hosted the 2012 Building Resilience through Public Private Partnerships Conference. More than 300 attendees participated in a variety of topics to include defense, international, youth preparedness, faith-based, as well as access and functional needs as they relate [...]

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