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Last Updated: | Press Releases

Feature Article: New Guidebooks Help Urban Communities Install Low-Cost Sensors to Reduce Flood Risks

DHS S&T released “Low Cost Flood Sensors: Urban Installation Guidebook” to do just that—help communities deploy and operate low cost sensors for flood monitoring and management.

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Virtual Events: Managing Security Risks Today and Beyond

S&T is hosting a series of virtual discussions this fall, focusing on how science, technology, and partnerships are needed to achieve common objectives to protect people, commerce, and infrastructure.

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News Release: DHS Awards Colorado Small Business to Develop On-Body Power Module

DHS S&T awarded $1 million to Colorado-based small business TDA Research, Inc. to develop a power module that would service all of the current and emerging requirements of on-body devices for first responders through the DHS SBIR Program, administered by DHS S&T.

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ST-Enhanced Rescue Hoist Glove

Rescue hoist gloves protect emergency responders’ hands during specialized helicopter hoist rescue operations. Read the results of two prototype fingerless glove designs, developed by DHS S&T, and tested by the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory.

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Feature Article Firstaid Severe Trauma FAST online trainings

More than 250 high school teachers were recently certified to become provisional instructors for the First Aid for Severe Trauma (FAST)TM program, which trains high school students to stop bleeding and treat injuries before first responders arrive to an incident.

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News Release: DHS Funds Research to Model Compound Flood Events

Deltares will develop a community-oriented, flood hazard modeling process using open source data, models and software.

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News Release: S&T Seeks COVID-19 Temperature Screening Technology

DHS S&T released a request for information to identify potential vendors, manufacturers and distributors with technologies for non-invasive febrile temperature screening to meet the needs of first responders and protective services as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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S&T’s New Virtual Reality

DHS S&T will be participating in the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) Virtual, from August 24 to 27, with CISA.

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News Release: S&T, DOT Select Universities to support 911 Comms

DHS S&T, in partnership with DOT, has selected the CIRI, a DHS COE led by the UIUC, to develop a framework and process for testing the interoperability and compatibility of Next Generation 911 (NG911) systems.

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News Release: DHS Awards $1.97M to Small Businesses for First Responder ICAM Technology

DHS SBIR Program awarded a total of $1.97 million to two small businesses to develop technologies that will support the security, scalability, and interoperability within a first responder organization’s information technology infrastructure.