AlertID is the first system of its kind that delivers important public safety alerts, advisories, and interactive features to families through online services, emails, texts and on mobile and tablet applications.

Cassidian Communications, an EADS North America company,  has successfully upgraded the 911call processing solution at the York-Poquoson-Williamsburg Emergency Communications Center (ECC) and the James City County ECC in Virginia.

Alan Caldwell, senior advisor for government relations at the IAFC, will retire from the association effective May 10. Caldwell, who also served as director of the IAFC’s government relations team until 2005, was instrumental in many of the fire service’s major legislative victories over the past two decades.

MIPT (Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism) and the Kansas State Highway Patrol have partnered to provide InCOP training to the agencies 800 personnel and surrounding departments.

The IAFC is introducing a new, free hazardous materials (hazmat) training tool, the Electronic Learning Community (ELC).

In an advisory bulletin issued today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration reminded gas pipeline facilities to preserve and verify records related to maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) and informed hazardous liquid operators that they should adhere to the same standards for maximum operating pressure (MOP).

A 52-year-old Gobles man suffered severe burns after he told a hospital staff he "blew himself up in a meth lab," according to the Van Buren County (MI) Sheriff's Department.

New York City's 911 system is beset by delays and errors that could leave callers without help for crucial seconds in an emergency, according to a consultant's report on the system.

Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL) of Ramsey, New Jersey, the world leader in flexible containment solutions, is extremely proud to learn that their pillow tanks played a significant role in a brilliant cleanup effort by the FDNY after a scary fuel tanker accident earlier this month.

Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL) of Ramsey, New Jersey is extremely proud to learn that their pillow tanks played a significant role in a cleanup effort by the FDNY after a fuel tanker accident earlier this month.

C4i recently released the latest product in its SwitchplusIP® communications suite. The Advanced Multi-Interface Interoperable Communications Systems (AMICS) was showcased at the DEFEXPO 2012 conference in New Delhi.

Portland (OR) firefighters used 1,500 pounds of sand to fight a stubborn industrial fire.

Assistant Chief Kristina Kreutzer of the Mill Creek (DE) Fire Company presented a workshop in managing hazmat incidents on Monday at FDIC 2012.

TRANSCAER® (Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response), a voluntary national outreach effort that focuses on assisting communities to prepare for and respond to a possible hazardous materials transportation incident, today announced the recipients of its 2011 National Awards Recognition Program.

ILC Dover recently announced that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has approved its SCape CO/CBRN³⁰ Escape Mask.

Draeger Safety Inc. is introducing the new Draeger Gas Detection App for Apple mobile devices including the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

A Thursday night explosion involving a chemical reactor at a silicon factory has injured two people, according to a Portland (OR) Fire Department spokesman.

The fire department was called in Thursday night when celebrity Kim Kardashian was flour-bombed during a promotional event in Los Angeles, California.

ElanTech has launched a mobile version of its Incident Management Decision Support System (IMDSS). The IMDSS iPhone App is free to IMDSS subscribers and available at the Apple iTunes store.