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Public safety

First responder preparedness

News and Updates

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Technology Demonstrations at 5x5

Do you have an innovative, cutting-edge, or emerging technology that has the potential to advance public safety communications? NIST Public Safety...

Blog Posts

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A Summer of Science: How Our Interns Spent Their Summers in the Lab

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A person performs chest compressions on a CPR practice mannequin.

Shocking History: How a NIST Engineer Helped Create Lifesaving CPR

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Drones in Disaster Zones: How Advanced 3D Mapping Technology Can Help First Responders Save Lives

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Projects and Programs

Open Port Liquid Interface Mass Spectrometry

Ongoing
Rapid screening for chemical traces of explosives and narcotics is widely used to support homeland security and law enforcement. These target compounds span a range of physicochemical properties from organic to inorganic, with preferential ionization pathways in both negative and positive mode...

Sensing and Imaging of concealed objects

Ongoing
Threats to personal and collective safety abound in our society. The Security Technologies Group (STG) performs research to advance the technology and measurement science of security imaging and sensing. This work includes the establishment of test and evaluation tools, reference test beds, test...

Publications

Machine Learning Based Forecasting for Building Fires

Author(s)
Wai Cheong Tam, Hongqiang Fang, Yifei Ding
The fast-evolving conditions of rapid fire progressions demand swift and informed decision-making from firefighters. This paper presents a series of research...

Tools and Instruments

Large Aperture Scanner

Large Aperture Scanner

The Large Aperture Scanner (LAS) scans a radar transceiver over a 5 meter by 20 meter aperture. Image reconstruction techniques enable a three-dimensional
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