Science and Technology Collection
The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is the Department’s primary research and development arm and manages science and technology research, from development through transition, for the Department's operational components and first responders.
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PANTHR COVID-19 Fact Sheet
Science &Technology Directorate (S&T) is rapidly publishing high-confidence guidance on COVID-19 to include applied-science studies and risk assessments on the virus.
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Single Automated Business Exchange for Reporting Factsheet
The Single Automated Business Exchange for Reporting (SABER) is a tool that allows organizations to share real-time business status information directly with response and recovery agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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April 2020 P25 CAP Open Meeting Webinar Slides
The P25 Compliance Assessment Program (CAP) held an Open Meeting via webinar for stakeholders on April 1, 2020.
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Web-Based Hurricane Evacuation System (HURREVAC) Fact Sheet
Web-Based Hurricane Evacuation System (HURREVAC) Fact Sheet
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Harris County - Next Generation First Responder (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).
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Harris County - Next Generation First Responder (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.
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Harris County - Next Generation First Responder (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.
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Harris County - Next Generation First Responder (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.
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Harris County – Next Generation First Responder (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.
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Questions to Ask When Researching Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems
This list of questions was created by DHS S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) to help Department of Homeland Security Components, and other entities with C-UAS authority build a comprehensive understanding of the nuances, capabilities and limitations of C-UAS technology to aid in purchasing decisions.