Overview Struggling with the rising costs of providing EMS to your community? Tune into this webinar to learn how other communities are coping with this challenge. In recent years, many jurisdictions throughout the country have struggled with the rapidly increasing costs of providing emergency medical services (EMS) to residents. This issue, along with the staffing difficulties many departments are facing, has drastically altered the EMS lands...

This webinar uses the OODA approach – Observation, Orientation, Decision, and Action- to explore how public safety leaders need to shift paradigms to effectively address the constantly changing external environment. Public safety’s primary function-to protect the health, safety, and welfare of citizens and the communities served-has intensified in recent years because of more domestic terrorism and psychopathic acts while fewer qua...

Smart cities and sensors are the way that cities are moving but they are limited by data working in silos alone rather than cohesively working together. Limitations of “Smart” capabilities are also “reactionary” by design…but “Informed Environments” are proactive – delivering prioritized, predictive, and complete sensor-inclusive awareness. In this forum, Byteworks would like to discuss collabor...

UAS technology (commonly referred to as drones) can be used by public safety agencies to enhance community service, increase situational awareness, and provide de-escalation strategies to keep first responders and the community safe. Agencies implementing a drone program must recognize and understand the legitimate public concerns about surveillance and privacy and take steps to ensure their UAS program is accepted by society. Special focus mu...

AWR-147 – Rail Car & Pipeline Training Rail Car Incident Response for Crude, Ethanol, and Other Flammable Liquids training course for the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (DOT PHMSA) to educate emergency responders on freight rail car incidents involving hazardous materials, specifically crude oil, ethanol, and other flammable liquids. As more and more rail traffic transports ca...

PER-340 - Active Threat Integrated Response Course (ATIRC) The Active Threat Integrated Response Course (ATIRC) is a 24-hour performance level direct delivery course designed to improve integration between law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) in active shooter events. The course provides law enforcement officers with key medical skills based on tactical emergency casualty care (TECC) guidelines which can be used at the p...

Over the last two years the Edmonton Police Service has developed a multi-agency team, with interdisciplinary professionals to offramp high social disorder and vulnerable persons from the Justice system into appropriate social supports, reducing police involvement and improving community safety and wellbeing. The Edmonton police has partnered with many inner-city social agencies who provide navigators that work alongside police officers to con...

Commercial UAV Expo, September 6-8 in Las Vegas is the premier event for the commercial drone industry focusing on the integration/operation of commercial UAS. The event will feature exhibits and demonstrations by UAS solutions providers; keynotes, panel discussions, and presentations with interactive Q&A and chat; AI-powered networking; and more. Industries covered include Construction; Drone Delivery; Energy & Utilities; Forestry ...

Each summer, thousands of the most prominent fire and emergency service leaders from across North America and around the globe come to FRI to learn, network and collaborate together. FRI education covers all areas of the emergency service: Navigating the political environment Managing change Ethical leadership EMS issues Career development And more FRI attracts hundreds of exhibitors to showcase the newest fire service innovations in apparatus...

The Hazmat Conference is a four-day event offering hands-on training across a range of essential topics, including: Biothreat response and sample collection Incident management best practices Chemical and physical properties of hazardous materials Recognizing and responding to commercial explosive incidents The training offered at the Hazmat Conferences provides immediate, practical and valuable information designed to ensure you successfully...