The Evolution of Resilience | Join us in Phoenix as we will provide you with all the tools and knowledge to respond to today’s disruptions and tomorrow’s emerging threats! We invite you to join us and enjoy all the programming, the networking, the exhibitor demos and more at DRJ Fall 2022 – The Evolution of Resilience. We have designed our 67th conference to meet the needs of you, our valued attendees. This conference guide i...

As reality continues to endlessly bombard us with more and more incidents of violence to include Tops Supermarket, Robb Elementary School, continuous gun violence in our cities — and so many more – the list of incidents synonymous with extreme violence and mass killings keeps growing. There are no singular causes, nor easy fixes to immediately improve the reality that has become part of our everyday life. Though no easy fixes exist...

Emergency communications centers are being overwhelmed by data. Managing all of this data internally is a challenging proposition alone, but even more difficult than that is being able to share specific pieces of mission-critical information in a timely manner in the right format to the right person. The answer to this common problem is new data interoperability software powered by the cloud. A cloud-based approach can address the particular c...

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...

Agencies today can use video and image analytics solutions to act as 24/7 eyes and ears in the field. By capturing images and then immediately applying analytics at the edge, these solutions can trigger manual or automated responses. For example, multiple agencies could automatically be alerted about an accident on the road ahead or a public works department could be alerted that a waste bin needs to be emptied. Video analytics can also give a...

The National Homeland Security Conference brings together professionals in Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Fire and Emergency Management. They include officials in federal agencies, nonprofit agencies, business owners, universities and decision makers to learn about emerging trends in homeland security and see the new equipment and technology available to support their mission. Last year's conference was ground breaking for exhibitors and...

For about 20 years, the Internet Storm Center has offered terabytes of data to the community to help you understand attacks you are seeing and assist you in augmenting your logs or, as we often put it, "add color" to your network logs. In this keynote, we will introduce some of our volunteer handlers who contribute their insight in daily diaries (you will also learn why we call it a "dairy" and not a "blog"). In addition, we will walk you thro...

Public-private partnerships (P3s) have long been a valuable way for state and local governments to reduce risk, speed implementation and leverage private-sector expertise for public-sector projects and services. Particularly for communications and connectivity, these partnerships have played a crucial role in equipping governments with much-needed technology. As governments look to maximize their investments from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA...

The opioid crisis is shifting, not ending. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics estimated that more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States between April 2020 to April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the same period the year before. As states continue to clamp down on abuse of legal prescriptions, the prevalence and variety of opioids and other illegal drugs continues to grow. These drugs and associated drug...

The European Commission has adopted a communication on Critical Infrastructure Protection in the fight against terrorism, enhancing European prevention, preparedness and response in the event of terrorist attacks involving critical infrastructures. The European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) considers measures that will enhance the level of protection of infrastructure against external threats, with the Operator Secur...