Disaster Preparedness
Army’s Big Red One gets AtHoc’s IWSAlerts
July 1st, 2009
The deployment of AtHoc's IWSAlerts network-centric mass notification system at the U.S. Army's Fort Riley, in Kansas, is being expanded "enterprise wide," the San Mateo, CA-based company reports.
The new deployment includes two additional units – the 1st Infantry Division, aka The Big Red One, which is headquartered at the Fort Riley post, and Irwin Army hospital – as well as the Fort Riley elementary schools, located on the installation.
AtHoc reseller deal with CompuNet
July 1st, 2009
CompuNet will resell the AtHoc IWSAlert network-centric mass notification solution to its commercial, education and public sector customers, under a recently announced reseller agreement.
Grangeville, ID-based CompuNet, a network engineering design company with a security specialization, is a Cisco Advanced Unified Communications partner and a Microsoft Gold Certified partner.
SNC awarded contract for counter-IED jammers
July 1st, 2009
Sparks, NV-based Sierra Nevada Corp. has been awarded a $36,479,655 contract for production of Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) 3.1 dismounted systems, to be employed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
Universal Detection Technology's analysis of anthrax threat from Al Qaeda
June 24th, 2009
Universal Detection Technology, the Los Angeles-based developer of early-warning monitoring technologies, is spotlighting what it says is an Al Qaeda biological weapon threat from the Mexican border.
According to the company, U.S. counter-terrorism officials have authenticated a video by an Al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the U.S., via tunnels under the Mexican border.
Crisis Simulations International patents simulation technology
June 24th, 2009
Portland, OR-based Crisis Simulations International, LLC reports that it has been awarded a patent for DXMATM, the company’s proprietary system of interactive simulation.
DXMATM is used for education and training simulations in law enforcement and community response for local governments, as well as for other industries and agencies.
Defentect launches CBRNE sensor management platform
June 24th, 2009
Norwalk, CT-based Defentect has launched DM3, which it calls the "homeland security industry's first fully integrated management, monitoring and messaging software platform."
The DM3 platform coordinates control and management of multiple CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive) sensors, coordinating the collection of data and facilitating response to an event.
FEMA seeking public comments on two radiological emergency preparedness documents
June 10th, 2009
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking public comment on two radiological emergency preparedness documents, originally published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2009.
These documents will update emergency preparedness requirements for planning and response organizations regarding how they operate around nuclear power plants.
U.S. facing shortage of nuclear scientists
June 10th, 2009
The U.S. faces a growing shortage of Ph.D.-level scientists trained in relevant fields for nuclear forensics, according to the unclassified version of a Government Accountability Office report, entitled Nuclear Forensics: Comprehensive Interagency Plan Needed to Address Human Capital Issues, which was released recently by the House Committee on Homeland Security.
According to the GAO report, efforts to recruit and train new scientists are "ad hoc and uncoordinated."
