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Next Generation First Responder (NGFR)

Last Updated: November 13, 2023 | Publication

Next Generation Disaster Proofing Project Area Fact Sheet

To assist FEMA and the public, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate launched its Next Generation Disaster Proofing Project. This project’s research and development (R&D) will pursue new technologies and standards to streamline FEMA disaster resilience investments in insurance, mitigation, and recovery operations.

Last Updated: July 29, 2020 | Publication

ST - NGFR - Birmingham Shaken Fury Operational Experimentation Playbook

DHS S&T hosted the NGFR – Birmingham Shaken Fury Operational Experimentation (OpEx) on August 21-22, 2019, at Legion Field Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, in partnership with regional public safety agencies and technology providers.

Last Updated: July 10, 2020 | Publication

NGFR - Harris County Operational Experimentation Playbook

DHS S&T hosted the NGFR – Harris County Operational Experimentation (OpEx) December 4-5, 2018, at the Port of Houston in Houston, Texas, in partnership with regional public safety agencies and technology providers.

Last Updated: March 18, 2020 | Publication

ST-Harris County - NGFR Case Study: Enhanced Situational Awareness

This case study describes how DHS S&T augmented situational awareness during the NGFR – Harris County Operational Experimentation (OpEx), taking real-time data from numerous sensors and displaying it on unified situational awareness applications to give the Incident Commander, command staff and first responders the right information at the right time. It provides an overview of the systems used, the challenges encountered and the solutions implemented for the OpEx, as well as considerations that any public safety agency should think through if they intend to implement situational awareness applications for their organization.

Last Updated: March 18, 2020 | Publication

ST-Harris County - NGFR Case Study: Sensor and Event Alerts

This case study describes how DHS S&T identified and applied sensor and event alerting standards during the NGFR – Harris County Operational Experimentation (OpEx), taking real-time data from numerous sensors, assessing it against pre-established thresholds, displaying it on unified situational awareness applications, and issuing alerts when the sensor readings exceeded the thresholds.

Last Updated: March 18, 2020 | Publication

ST-Harris County - NGFR Case Study: Sensors

This case study describes how DHS S&T integrated sensors during the NGFR – Harris County Operational Experimentation (OpEx), taking real-time sensor data and displaying it on unified situational awareness applications to give the Incident Commander, command staff and first responders the right information at the right time.

Last Updated: March 18, 2020 | Publication

ST-Harris County - NGFR Case Study: Patient Monitoring

This case study describes how DHS S&T integrated and deployed physiological sensors for patient triage during the NGFR – Harris County Operational Experimentation (OpEx), taking real-time sensor data and displaying it on unified situational awareness applications to give the Incident Commander, command staff and first responders the right information at the right time. It provides an overview of the systems used, the challenges encountered and the solution implemented for the OpEx, as well as considerations that any public safety agency should think through if they intend to implement patient monitoring for their organization.

Last Updated: March 18, 2020 | Publication

ST-Harris County - NGFR Case Study: Mobile Device Management

This case study describes how DHS S&T employed mobile device management (MDM) for the smartphones that were provided to support Long Term Evolution (LTE) data communications during the NGFR – Harris County Operational Experimentation (OpEx).

Last Updated: March 18, 2020 | Publication

ST-Harris County - NGFR Case Study: Data Integration

This case study describes how DHS S&T integrated data during the NGFR – Harris County Operational Experimentation (OpEx), taking real-time data from numerous sensors and displaying it on unified situational awareness applications to give the Incident Commander, command staff and first responders the right information at the right time.

Last Updated: September 30, 2019 | Publication

ST-Grant County-NGFR Configuring A Raspberry Pi Location Sensor How To Guide

This how-to guide provides installation and configuration instructions of the PiPoint location software for a Raspberry Pi computer that was demonstrated as part of the Spiral 2 technology exercise.