Description

This issue of Homeland Security Alert focusses on innovations in first responder technologies and provides insights on trends and major growth drivers. Innovations profiled include a quadcopter for assisting personnel, a real-time mobile video collaboration system, a low-cost thermal imaging camera for firefighters, a tethered drone station, a live video surveillance solution, an emergency collaboration and communication solution, a mission critical asset tracking solution, and a wearable communication gateway for first responders.

The Homeland Security Alert captures global innovations and developments related to homeland security on a monthly basis. Technologies enabling security segments, including incident management, border security, CBRNE, disaster management, cybersecurity, first responders, critical infrastructure protection, maritime security, food security, personal protective equipment, and airport security are captured in this alert.

The need for low power, smaller, lighter sensors with enhanced performance attributes and minimal false alarms is driving innovations in the sensors space. The Sensors and Control cluster covers innovations pertaining to technologies such as wireless sensors and networks, energy harvesting, haptics and touch, MEMS and nanosensors, terahertz, ubiquitous/smart sensors, CBRNE, quantified-self, sensor fusion, M2M communications, and drones.

Keywords: First responders, firefighters, drones, disaster management