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RaCERS wins FEMA contract

RaCERS wins FEMA contract

December 2014 – RaCERS wins FEMA contract.RaCERS secures contract to assist Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region II with Continuity...

RaCERS-Affiliated Researcher co-authors ground-breaking manual…

RaCERS-Affiliated Researcher co-authors ground-breaking manual…

March 2014 –RaCERS-Affiliated Researcher co-authors ground-breaking manual on evidence-based practice for fire services. Fire Chief Len Garis, Affilated Research Faculty...

Next Generation (NG9-1-1) platform. Mr. McLaren, who also heads the National Emergency Number Association’s Emerging

Next Generation (NG9-1-1) platform. Mr. McLaren, who also heads the National Emergency Number Association’s Emerging

Technologies Committee, discussed the many possibilities in public safety dispatch by harnessing data sources and technologies that have previously been...

RaCERS Director Delivers Keynote to Los Angeles County Public Safety Leaders

RaCERS Director Delivers Keynote to Los Angeles County Public Safety Leaders

February 2013 – “RaCERS Director Delivers Keynote to Los Angeles County Public Safety Leaders RaCERS Director Charles Jennings delivered a...

Cognitive Radio for First Responders: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

Cognitive Radio for First Responders: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

  December 2012 – “Cognitive Radio for First Responders: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask” Prof....

Don’t Call them Drones – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Systems or Light Unmanned Aerials Vehicles and their Role in Civil Public Safety.

Don’t Call them Drones – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Systems or Light Unmanned Aerials Vehicles and their Role in Civil Public Safety.

  October 2012 – “Don’t Call them Drones – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Systems or Light Unmanned Aerials Vehicles...

Protection of Urban Areas – DHS’ National Urban Security Laboratory

Protection of Urban Areas – DHS’ National Urban Security Laboratory

  October 2012 – “Protection of Urban Areas – DHS’ National Urban Security Laboratory” Dr. Lawrence Ruth, Director of the...

Responding to Suicide Bombings

Responding to Suicide Bombings

  September 2012 – “Responding to Suicide Bombings” Donell Harvin, a faculty member at John Jay College and Member of...

All Terrorism is Local: The Role of Local Public Safety Governance in Homeland Security

All Terrorism is Local: The Role of Local Public Safety Governance in Homeland Security

  April 2011 – “All Terrorism is Local: The Role of Local Public Safety Governance in Homeland Security” Prof. Erica...

RaCERS staff observe RDD Exercise

RaCERS staff observe RDD Exercise

  March 2011 – RaCERS staff observe RDD Exercise held at Meadowlands Complex RaCERS staff spent two days observing a...