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Fact Sheets Collection

Short documents with information about a particular issue or topic.

  • First Aid for Severe Trauma Training (FAST) Fact Sheet

    The First Aid for Severe Trauma (FAST) training program will provide no-cost trauma training for high school students through the American Red Cross.

  • Cycle of Warning: Alert Origination Fact Sheet

    This fact sheet and its compendium report on Cycles of Alerting bring the full ecosystem into focus with modern guidance for alert originators.

  • Cycle of Warning: Public Response Fact Sheet

    This document helps to comprehensively outline the full ecosystem of an Alert, Warning, Notification (AWN) from the perspective of the general public.

  • Urban Operational Experimentation (OpEx) Fact Sheet and Video

    Urban Operational Experimentation (OpEx) Hosted by the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory Fact Sheet and Video

  • Fact Sheet: DHS Agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador

    In recognizing the push and pull factors which cause irregular migration to the U.S., DHS has entered into agreements and arrangements with the countries of the northern region of Central America, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, to further expand asylum capabilities and improve safety, security, and prosperity throughout the region.

  • Special Event Assessment Rating (SEAR) Events Fact Sheet

    SEAR events are voluntarily submitted special events, which are sent to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Operations Coordination (OPS) by state, local, and federal officials for a risk assessment.

  • Security Information and Reference Materials

    Information on policies, procedures, and general reference information related to security programs at DHS. This information is provided to aid DHS’s industry partners, as well as the general public, in navigating the security landscape when doing business with or applying for employment with DHS.

  • Smart City Interoperability Reference Architecture Fact sheet

    SCIRA’s purpose is to assess the state of Smart Cities standards as they develop in the public safety arena and the development of an open architecture for interoperable Internet of Things (IoT) sensors.

  • DHS OSAI-OBP Partnership Factsheet

    The DHS Office of SAFETY Act Implementation partnered with the DHS Office for Bombing Prevention to identify nationally accredited training products and services that meet the counter-terrorism needs of DHS stakeholders.

  • ClearAlert: Wearable Sensing Badge for Solid Aerosol and Contact Exposure to Fentanils Fact Sheet

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) partnered with Clear Scientific (CS) to develop a wearable sensor that can quickly provide first responders with critical information related to the toxicity of their environment in the presence of aerosolized fentanils.