2014 Homeland Defense and Security Education Summit presentations
The titles, brief summaries, and power point slides for this year’s summit presentations are now available on the UAPI site at: https://www.uapi.us/?search&group=resources&Tag=2014+Homeland+Security+and+Defense+Education+Summit.
HSDL Critical Releases for November 12, 2014
HSDL Critical Releases for November 12, 2014.
Team Rubicon Press
Emergency Management Magazine published an article about Team Rubicon, a volunteer disaster response organization for military veterans.
Domestic Preparedness Journal Weekly Brief: November 12, 2014
Domestic Preparedness Journal Weekly Brief.
Robotic Cockroaches for Disaster Response
Search and rescue roaches? North Carolina State University researchers have developed technology that allows cyborg cockroaches, or biobots, to pick up sounds with small microphones and seek out the source of the sound. This fascinating technology is intended for application in disaster response operations. NCSU press release.
FBI Video Collection System Request
How the FBI plans to manage crowdsourced video: The FBI has recently placed a request for information about a citizen facing video repository system they could use to manage croudsourced video.
Seminar 12/3: Autopsy of President Kennedy Fact v. Fiction
Methuen, MA Installs Shooter Detection System
The Town of Methuen (MA) Has installed an “Active Shooter” detection in one of its schools. The system was tested in an exercise on November 11, 2014, a school holiday, and has garnered national attention: “Methuen Demos ‘Active Shooter’ System” (WBUR), “Massachusetts school deploys ‘shooter detection system'” (Reuters), Methuen School Demos ‘Active Shooter’ System (CBS […]
Annual Toothbrush Sale 11/12
PHE.gov Ebola Presentations
Two slide sets on Ebola now available at the bottom of this PHE.Gov site, including Ebola 101 – CDC Slides for U.S. Healthcare Workers.