Urban UAV Uncovered
helping save lives in emergency situations or preventing terrorist attacks in urban areas.
Read MoreDisaster Response & Security Mapping
Memphis/Shelby County Gets Push(y) with SkyTerra to Deal With Emergencies
Folks in Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee, should sleep easier since SkyTerra [OTCBB: SKYT] announced today that the Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) , is deploying push-to-talk satellite services via SkyTerra.
Read MoreJob Gets Tougher — TSF Assists Pakistan in Largest and Swiftest Displacement of People
Two TSF experts deployed from Bangkok today to Islamabad for a mission in emergency telecommunications in and around North-West Pakistan.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth: Italian Earthquake’s Surface Deformations Mapped By ESA
Studying satellite radar data from ESA’s Envisat and the Italian Space Agency’s COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analyzing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake that shook the medieval town of L’Aquila in central Italy on April 6, 2009.
Read MoreDisasters Receive Help In Many Formats — Enter TSF
Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) has once again offered their assistance, and is providing standby support to aid groups after the devastating earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth: Redoubt’s Volcanic Lahars Threatened Oil Facility
In addition to volcanic ash, the eruption of Alaska’s Mount Redoubt posed another hazard in early April 2009 — the volcano’s activity sent lahars (muddy volcanic avalanches) through Drift River Valley, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory. An oil storage facility, the Drift River Oil Terminal, is located in the river valley, and a catastrophic lahar could have caused an oil spill.
Read MoreSquireTech’s Mobile Comm Solution Sees The Light Of Day
Squire Tech Solutions LLC has announced at the National Hurricane Conference the Company's newest line of Mobile Response communications systems, the pCom(tm)300.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth: Italian Quake Occurs In Rugged Terrain
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit central Italy on April 6, 2009, killing at least 91 people, and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
Read MoreSupply Chain Comm — Impeva Supports AAFES
Impeva Labs, Inc. is providing support to the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) for selected high-value shipments bound for Iraq.
Read MoreHere’s Looking @ Earth… Namibian Water Excess
At least 350,000 people were affected by flooding in Namibia during the annual rainy season in southern Africa in March 2009.
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