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September 7, 2021

Blueforce Announces EAGL Gunshot Detection Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Dashboard, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Efficiency, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, Police, Safety, Security, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Stream Analytics

Every day,  our physical and digital worlds become increasingly intertwined, presenting huge opportunities for investments in a future of continuous and lasting change.  This is true of Smart Cities, but also intelligent retail and smarter buildings.  This digitalization of the cyber-physical world is especially promising for municipalities to uncover opportunities and overcome challenges specific to the ever present goal of creating "safer cities".  Critical to...

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July 15, 2021

Hyperlocal Weather Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, AWS, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Common Operating Picture, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, Fusion, Heat, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, K9, Location, Lone Worker, Machine Learning, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Police, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

The relationship between weather and emergency management (not to mention emergency preparedness) is fundamental and can be quite complicated. Weather causes many of the disasters that require an emergency response, yet awareness of conditions is essential for management of incidents unrelated to weather as the cause. For sure, meteorological awareness can have a profound effect managing the extent of destruction to life and property to...

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June 21, 2021

Tactical Video Link Plugin for Blueforce Linux: Edge-based Streaming with Shared Awareness

by Blueforce
in AI, C2, C4ISR, Command, Common Operating Picture, Counter-Terrorism, Disaster Response, Edge, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, K9, Linux, Low Latency, Machine Learning, Mobility, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Video

Ask any soldier or first responder and they will tell you of the importance of shared tactical video for decision-making during edge operations. Drones can now be cued to launch in real-time for overwatch. Military working dogs routinely carry low light infrared imagers that enable off-leash shared awareness for what the dog sees even though he is 200 meters forward. Video is core to intelligence...

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May 14, 2021

Never Alone

by Blueforce
in autonomous agents, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Common Operating Picture, Dashboard, Discovery, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Notification, Fire, Heat, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, Law Enforcement, Location, Lone Worker, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

It's that time of year. Every fire season, millions of acres across the world burn during wildland fire events. Worse, between 2000 - 2019 alone, more than 400 wildland firefighters lost their lives fighting these fires while protecting civilians, homes, and forests. While the hazards faced on the fire line can include burnovers/entrapments, heat-related illnesses and injuries, smoke inhalation, vehicle-related injuries (including aircraft), slips, trips,...

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June 28, 2020

BlueforceWBGT as a tool for the Prevention of Heat Related Injuries

by Blueforce
in autonomous agents, Dashboard, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Notification, Heat, Interoperability, IoT, Law Enforcement, Location, Medical, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT

Millions of U.S. workers, including those in the military and public safety, are exposed to heat in their workplaces, but also during training. Although illness from exposure to heat is preventable, every year, thousands become sick from occupational heat exposure, and some cases are fatal. Most outdoor fatalities, 50% to 70%, occur in the first few days of working in warm or hot environments because...

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June 12, 2020

BlueforceBEACON for Lone Workers and for Personal Safety: WEBINAR Playback

by Blueforce
in autonomous agents, AWS, BlueBeacon, Command, Common Operating Picture, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Notification, HAZLOC, Heat, Location, Lone Worker, Medical, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

Whether you are involved in executive protection, campus safety, or manage teams of mobile "lone workers", a fundamental requirement exists to keep track of people and to ensure their safety as they go about their day. BlueforceBEACON is a highly secure software based emergency notification system that provides a safety net. The product delivers location services, secure text communications, covert emergency camera triggering, “listen live”...

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May 2, 2020

Technology to Manage Any Crisis: Zebra Partners with Blueforce for COVID-19 Response

by Blueforce
in AI, CBRN, Cognitive Services, Common Operating Picture, COVID-19, Dashboard, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Fire, HAZLOC, Hybrid Life Support, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, K9, Law Enforcement, Location, Medical, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Wearables

To help first responders handle the worldwide spread of COVID-19, Blueforce Development and Zebra have partnered closely to offer a situational awareness platform that can be rapidly deployed by law enforcement agencies. Blueforce provides an easy-to-use subscriber interface to securely connect with people, sensors, and AI services in seconds, using Zebra rugged mobile devices to capture data and remain connected in critical environments. Utilizing the...

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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

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

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

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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