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John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act
John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act | US Forest Service (usda.gov) Overview of the Dingell Act The Dingell Act, formally known as the Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, was signed into law in 2019 to improve wildfire management through technological advances and better resource tracking. This legislation aims to equip and prepare…
Location Intelligence: Optimizing Team Safety and Event Security
How do you protect your team as they protect others? In the event security space, ensuring the safety of both attendees and security personnel is critical. When managing an event of any scale, from small corporate gatherings to large music festivals, a swift response to emergencies is vital. Location intelligence is the ability to precisely…
Navigating the Threat of Communication Blackout on the Fireground
In our daily lives, the ability to communicate instantly is often taken for granted. A dropped call or a lagging message may be annoying, but for first responders, any delays in communication can be downright catastrophic. Frustration and impatience pale in comparison to the potential consequences of a communication blackout in the midst of an…
What is APL? Everything You Need to Know about Automatic Personnel Location
It’s no secret that Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) provides considerable value to incident management. The ability for emergency responders to view the geographic location of an en route vehicle, whether through CAD or other systems, has become widespread across large agencies and smaller rural departments. Over time, we’ve learned that Fire departments, EMS agencies, ambulance…
Urban-X Accelerator Backs Seven New Companies Pitching Services for the World’s Cities
See the FULL ARTICLE HERE. Urban-X, the startup accelerator for companies focused on solving the problems facing the world’s urban environment, has selected the latest seven companies for its sixth cohort. Backed by the design arm of BMW’s Mini division and the venture capital firm Urban.US, the seven companies will receive $150,000 in financing and…
5 Ways Technology Can Improve Emergency Response Operations
Today’s fire departments face a myriad of challenges. Increased frequency of disasters and fire events, decreased water supply, increased budgetary pressures and a decrease in available resources combine to create unprecedented risks for urban, rural and wildfire emergency response personnel. This in turn has increased the demands made on the fire incident commander, who now…