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About POINTER

The groundbreaking new tracking and location technology allows responders to precisely pinpoint colleagues in emergencies. 

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Images of POINTER technology.

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S&T NUSTL Annual Report FY2018-FY2019

This Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 Annual Report summarizes completed program and project milestones, collaboration and outreach, mission services, laboratory operations and organizational successes of the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL). 

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News Release: QuickRoute Navigation App Now Available for First Responders

DHS S&T is announcing that the QuickRoute app is available for responders to download.

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S&T Automated License Plate Reader Fact Sheet

The automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology captures images of license plates and allows law enforcement agencies to identify and compare plates against those of cars driven by people suspected of being involved in illegal activities.

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News Release: DHS Awards for First Responder Emergency Alerts Technology Development

DHS S&T today announced it awarded more than $1.5 million to develop an Alerts, Warnings, and Notifications (AWN) Guidance Tool.

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News Release: U.S. and Israeli Partners Announce Awards for Homeland Security Technologies

The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation is announcing awards for two collaborative projects totaling $1.5 million to develop advanced homeland security technologies in the areas of threat detection and 3D mapping.

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News Release: Field Tests Demonstrate Precision of Groundbreaking Firefighter Tracking Technology

S&T and NASA JPL successfully tested the Precision Outdoor and Indoor Navigation and Tracking for Emergency Responders (POINTER) technology at the Veteran’s Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

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POINTER

DHS S&T teamed with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop POINTER, a groundbreaking first responder tracking technology that uses magnetoquasistatic fields to three-dimensionally locate responders during emergencies—especially when visibility is low due to heavy smoke or debris. With POINTER, incident command can pinpoint team members within one meter.

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S&T Pointer Factsheet

Under development - DHS S&T and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL), POINTER is a precision positioning sensor system that locates first responders.