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McGarry: We respond to a lot
of 9-1-1 calls every day,

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and things really need to work.

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McGarry: There's a lot of running
messages back and forth

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between the folks that are on
scene command to kind of know

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know what the various services
are doing, what their status is.

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McGarry: If we were able to
track that using some technology tools,

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those on scene commanders would
know what's going on inherently.

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Anthony: Safety is always a priority.

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Anthony: We go into some of these
high-rise buildings in the basements,

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and we're investigating things which
sometimes are the most dangerous places to be,

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and we don't have communication.

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Anthony: That's a tough, tough spot you're in.

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Cotter: The Next Generation First
Responder Apex Project

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is an effort where we're trying
to bring together all of our

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research and development
investments in order to ensure

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that the future first responder is protected

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against all the hazards that
they face during their job,

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that they're connected to their peers,

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to their commanders and to the citizens
that they need to support

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through their radios,
smartphones, other devices

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including the future of
public safety broadband,

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and they're fully aware that they have
the information that they need to do their job.

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Anthony: Going through a building, being
able to track where the firefighters are

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in the building so if you
do have a Mayday,

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that we're able to respond to
that and know exactly,

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pinpoint exactly where
that firefighter is down.

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Farr: Not only do I want
to know where they are,

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I want the officers on the street to have
the ability to have good situational awareness.

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Farr: My goal here is that the officer
doesn't take eyes off of what they're looking at

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Could you get heads up display? Could you
get something in that officer's line of vision

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that would continue to bring
that information up as they go?

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Farr: In the best world if I
could put sensors on them,

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I would look at something intelligent
but obviously the most common,

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the chem-bio threats, the gas threats,

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Farr: I would be very interested in
having some kind of sensor that allows us

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to identify explosive devices, that
I can do trace analysis in the air

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for suicide bombers or some of the stuff
that our officers are more likely to face.

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Farr: If you don't know the
27 different talk groups,

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and you don't know the 27 channels
within those 27 different talk groups,

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it can be somewhat cumbersome if
you're not really used to it.

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Farr: So a better way could be managed
through an emergency communication center.

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that when we have an event go on they know
which things that thee gonna patch through immediately.

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English: When the boots hit
the ground on the scene,

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if a police officer has a tactical picture
of where an active shooter is

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they're know where to
vector their response.

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English: If a firefighter knows what
side of the house the fire is on,

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where the exposures are, they'll know
where to put the engines and hoses.

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It's very important to be able to control
an incident not just respond to it.

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Cotter: Next Generation First Responder Apex
Project is about supporting the mission

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of the public safety community.
This is their mission.

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Cotter: Our job is to understand
what they need and support them.

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Cotter: We need your input so we
make sure we get that right.

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McGarry: S&T's role is really gonna be to
focus on how do these different components

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like wearables, computing, sensing,
communications, visualization

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how do they plug in and interact
with one another?

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It allows for responders to be able to
procure equipment that they know will work

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with the other pieces of
equipment that they have.

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English: Probably one of the most
important things S&T is helping in here

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is creating solutions not only that
public safety can use but

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with the leverage the federal government
has, creating solutions that we can afford.

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English: The overarching
goal for this program,

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and I think most folks would
agree, is saving lives.

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English: How do we give responders
the tools to save lives?

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And how do we keep responders
safe doing it?

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English: And as a responder for many years,
I don't think there's any better goal out there.

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