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August 21, 2018

The Hyper Enabled Operator

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, Azure, CBRN, Cognitive Services, Common Operating Picture, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Fusion, GPS Denied, HAZLOC, Hybrid Life Support, Interoperability, IoT, ISR, K9, Law Enforcement, Lone Worker, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Police, Radar, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, Wearables

A Blueforce advisor told us very early on that to truly understand customer pain and the very problems we hoped to solve with our technology, we had to "live a week in the breach". So we did, and we continue to do so. We spend many, many weeks each year deployed alongside of intelligence analysts, far forward commanders, door kickers, CBRN responders, EOD, investigators, undercover...

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March 30, 2018

Leveraging the Power of the Intelligent Edge and Intelligent Cloud for First Responder Occupational Health and Safety

by Michael Helfrich
in autonomous agents, Azure, Azure IoT, CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fire, HAZLOC, IoT, Law Enforcement, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

You and almost everyone you know carry a smart device. By 2020, some reports estimate that globally there will be approximately 20 billion smart devices in use. What’s the connection? Must be the voice communications, right? Or perhaps it’s the real-time internet access that we crave. Many of us already rely on smart devices for social interaction, connectivity, and business intelligence. These days, you and...

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January 5, 2018

CES 2018: Microsoft Highlights BlueforceCOMMAND for the Connected Patrol Car in Westgate Booth 2009

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Interoperability, IoT, Law Enforcement, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Police, Sensors, Situational Awareness

CES is the world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years — the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it attracts the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers. Blueforce is proud to...

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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

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 8, 2017

Rapid Swarming: Observations from Operation SCORE

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Heat, Intrinsically Safe, IoT, Occupational Safety, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

Blueforce Development Corporation (BDC), at the request of Boston Fire Department (BFD) and Metro Boston USAR team, provided operational support for the Operation SCORE exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod during two night-time operational periods: September 15, 2017 starting at 1800 EDT running until 0700 EDT on September 16, 2017, and September 16, 2017 starting at 1800 EDT running until 0600 EDT on September 17,...

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September 23, 2017

Blueforce Selected for Operation SCORE: Joint Base Cape Cod

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Heat, Intrinsically Safe, Occupational Safety, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

It was a sight that nightmares are made of; Tons of rubble and rebar and the screams of people trapped after a terrorist detonated an improvised car bomb at a school where a town meeting was being held.  The walking wounded swarmed first responders as they arrived on site and the dead could be seen on the school ground. This was the scene that hundreds of...

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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

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 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

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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May 6, 2017

Blueforce Adds Support for BodyTrak Non-Invasive Precision Physiological Monitoring and Comms Wearable

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, Heat, IoT, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Wearables

Blueforce customers live in a world where Command decisions drive mission success or mission failure, and where life and death is a function of actionable information getting to the right person at the right time. Most often, the perishability of tactical information is measured in minutes. A robustly networked operational environment coupled with the Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the game specific to real-time...

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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

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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