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March 5, 2019

Verizon’s 5G First Responder Lab Unveils the Program’s First Cohort of Five Public Safety Technology Companies

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Common Operating Picture, Dashboard, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fire, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Police, Situational Awareness
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Blueforce Selected by Verizon as first of 15 Transformative Technologies for Public Safety WASHINGTON, DC – Verizon continues to demonstrate its commitment to the public safety industry through action. Today, in partnership with Responder Corp, Verizon announced five participating companies for the first cohort of the 5G First Responder Lab, a first-of-its-kind innovation incubator that will give leading first responder technology companies from around the globe...

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January 7, 2018

Blueforce Named to Top 10 Homeland Security Solution Providers by CIO Review magazine

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fusion, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Police, Radar, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Wearables
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Blueforce is proud to announce that we have been named one of the "Top 10 Homeland Security Solution Providers" by CIOReview magazine.  In a world dominated by asymmetric threats, a split second’s delay in command decision can drive the success or failure of a mission. In such a scenario, ensuring that the right person at the right time receives actionable information is essential for mission...

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November 20, 2017

Samsung Features Blueforce for Coordinated Emergency Response

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Interoperability, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables
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Recent terrorist attacks and active shooter incidents have shared a common similarity: 100's of armed responders from many agencies descending on the scene to help neutralize the situation. With that comes not only a radio interoperability problem, but a command interoperability problem.  Reaction time is critical during an asymmetric incident. Split second decisions are required and traditional methods of pushing decision data to higher echelons...

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November 19, 2017

The Blueforce Connected Firearm Solution

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, IoT, Law Enforcement, Occupational Safety, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables
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When law enforcement responds to a scene, they face a large number of unknowns.  A scene that initially seems calm, can quickly escalate to one of extreme violence.  Those seconds where escalation begins can be of extreme importance to other responding units.  What has been missing, until now, is a connected solution that leverages telemetry data from firearms, combined with tactical edge information sharing, to...

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October 17, 2017

Yardarm and Blueforce Development, in Conjunction with the Microsoft Connected Patrol Car, Introduce the Future of Policing at IACP 2017

by Michael Helfrich
in Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fusion, IoT, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables
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Philadelphia, PA, October 17, 2017 – Yardarm Technologies and Blueforce Development announced today a jointly developed demonstration of Yardarm Gun Aware and Holster Aware sensors delivering real-time situation awareness to the Blueforce Command Center. The solution gives commanders a single view of the weapon status for all their officers, plus awarenesss of the officer’s biotelemetry and other environmental sensors shown as part of the Microsoft...

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August 22, 2017

Fall and Collision Detection: Now Available in Blueforce Tactical PosiMotion 2.0 Plugin BETA

by Michael Helfrich
in BlueBeacon, Bluelight, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, IoT, Lone Worker, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables
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Blueforce specializes in Lone Worker safety, which we describe as a person who carries out work activities by themselves or in an area where there are no other people nearby to respond in a timely fashion should the worker become disabled or encounter a hostile situation.  By far, the largest hazard to Lone Workers is the risk of falling. While most falls are not life...

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August 20, 2017

PoliceONE and Kyocera: Every Officer, every Soldier, a Blueforce Sensing Platform

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Intrinsically Safe, IoT, K9, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, WBGT, Wearables
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PoliceOne is THE authoritative source for Law Enforcement and their recent article proves it. Every officer, every soldier, is a Blueforce Sensing Platform.  It's a common doctrinal goal for network-centric operations.  Today, we have specialized military and police dogs that are trained specifically for bomb detection, yet, a limited number of resourecs can only be deployed so far and so wide. We need bomb "noses" far and wide. When...

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August 9, 2017

Microsoft Selects Blueforce Command Center for Intelligence-Led First Response Patrol Car

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fusion, IoT, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness
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Law enforcement officers need to stay connected and be able to access critical information quickly and easily. Microsoft, together with Blueforce, provides combined solutions that empower officers to better serve and protect, and still allow a choice of mobile devices and sensors that both fit the needs of the agency and officers. Mobile phones running Blueforce Tactical can be used to share and receive photos,...

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April 23, 2017

Beating the Heat: MEDWAR 2017 with BlueforceWBGT

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Heat, IoT, Lone Worker, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, WBGT
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Blueforce was proud to take part in MEDWAR 2017 SOUTHEAST as a guest of VCOM/Auburn. Exposure to extreme heat is a reality of any form of public safety/military training and unit preparation for operational missions, MEDWAR included. Many heat illnesses are preventable, and none should be fatal. Leaders must assess unit's missions and training requirements against the risk associated with operating in warm weather environments....

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Beating the Heat: Preventing Heat-Related Illness with Blueforce

by Michael Helfrich
in Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Heat, IoT, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT
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Thousands of workers fall victim to heat related injuries annually. Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion can occur quickly and early signs are often ignored as workers are focused on accomplishing their assigned tasks. These injuries can occur when work is being done outside and inside and are a major concern of EHS groups across a wide swath of industries. The fact is that heat related...

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