Just as methodical programs to improve emergency communications interoperability are building up speed, new technologies threaten to derail the entire effort. Emergency responders find that new mobile ...

COMCARE, the Emergency Interoperable Consortium (EIC), and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) announced the successful trial of new emergency data communications standards ...

The new HL7 Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems specification identifies a common set of data elements in an effort to improve interoperability among emergency departments. The new HL7 Data ...

House subcommittee leaders say more is needed to make emergency communications devices interoperable; they and other officials say FEMA should stay in DHS. Leaders of a key House subcommittee today ...

Intermedix and Rave Mobile Safety announced a new partnership integrating the companies’ emergency alert and crisis information management platforms. “Connectivity and interoperability are key ...

Interoperability is the ability of a system to work with or use the parts or equipment of another system. The practice of interoperability has become an important topic of discussion in emergency ...

In mid-September 2003, Hurricane Isabel slammed into the Atlantic coast, leaving a path of destruction that extended from the Outer Banks of North Carolina and westward to the Appalachians. In ...

WASHINGTON - A group of federal officials, security and fire trade associations and other organizations with interests in the fire equipment realm will meet sometime this month to continue an industry ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the first quarter of 2009, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management ...

COMCARE, the Emergency Interoperable Consortium (EIC), and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) announced the successful trial of new emergency data communications standards ...

Democrats who will assume leadership roles on homeland security when the new Congress convenes in January are questioning Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s recently stated goal for having ...