The First-Bomb response application provides information directly to first responders via their smartphone or personal computer that will assist in quickly defining a safe distance to cordon-off around a bomb location. the application provides appropriate stand-off distances, roadblock suggestions, instances when mandatory evacuation or shelter-in-place circumstances apply, and nearby areas of concern such as schools.

Plum Island, off Long Island, New York, isn't just for animal research. It also serves as the backdrop for emergency preparedness drills using all kinds of realistic scenarios.

When improvised explosive devices (IEDs) talk, they have a lot to say. Each wire and detonator helps tell a story of who created the device. Their locations help create a visual map of IED networks. And now, two students in the Naval Postgraduate School’s defense analysis department are proving that efficiently recording and analyzing those IED details can save lives.

When dam and levee owners and emergency planners want to know what flood water over a breached levee or dam may do as it spreads, they must resort to technical specialists who use numerical modeling software to solve very complex equations that describe how water will spread over a particular terrain. These powerful software tools have been combined into a seamless Web application, combining speed with sophisticated technology to visualize a flood, address consequences, and properly train emergency responders.

On Tuesday, May 22, the DHS S&T will host a town hall on Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS), focusing on preparing the nation for enahnced alerts and warnings capabilities.

The NTIA is recruiting members for its First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Board of Directors, an independent authority within NTIA to handle the public safety license for wireless public safety broadband deployment.

May 2012 features several events to honor first responders as well as to raise awareness about emergency preparedness, read more for details.

FEMA released the National Preparedness report, which found that overall, the nation is now more prepared to respond to terrorism, but also natural and technologyical hazards.