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News Release: S&T Successfully Evaluates Wildfire Sensors
DHS S&T successfully tested four prototype technologies for early detection of wildfires in California this week.
Emergency Response
News Release: Enhanced Rescue Hoist Glove Available for Responders
DHS S&T collaborated with Higher Dimension Materials, Inc. (HDM) and North Carolina State University Textile Protect and Comfort Center to identify and develop the best materials with which to create a more durable and flexible glove for rescue hoist operations.
POINTER
DHS S&T teamed with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop POINTER, a groundbreaking first responder tracking technology that uses magnetoquasistatic fields to three-dimensionally locate responders during emergencies—especially when visibility is low due to heavy smoke or debris. With POINTER, incident command can pinpoint team members within one meter.
S&T Shaken Fury 2019 Response and Recovery Exercise
The Shaken Fury After Action Report details S&T’s participation and contribution to this exercise as well as the findings of these activities.
Snapshot: Enhancing Hoist Rescue Gloves for Aerial Rescue
Rescue helicopter hoist operators wear gloves to protect the hand that guides the hoist cable during rescue descents and ascents.
Team Awareness Kit Fact Sheet
Team Awareness Kit: Tactical Situational Awareness Solution
Snapshot: S&T, International Partners Establish Best Practices
Every emergency response entails an element of science; successful emergency response requires the latest science.
Snapshot: S&T, Canadian counterparts evaluate AUDREY in use case
S&T and DRDC CSS conducted an experiment with S&T’s AUDREY, a human-like reasoning system, to determine if AUDREY can perform data fusion, and provide tailored situational awareness information to the paramedic.
S&T PACER App Suite Fact Sheet
When disasters and flu outbreaks strike communities, hospitals; emergency responders; and other city, state, and federal response agencies need to know what resources are available to accommodate a potentially large influx of injured or ill patients. Until now, emergency planners have lacked reliable tools to help them manage their resources for specific disasters or disease outbreaks.
S&T Magello Fact Sheet and Video
Marcello is a customizable, Web-based tool that integrates oceanic and atmospheric forecasting, plume modeling, and real-time information updates that can help decision-makers and emergency responders prepare for, respond to, and recover from events. The tool overlays multiple datasets, model outputs, and information sources in a single, user-friendly interface.
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