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Public safety

Public safety communications research

News and Updates

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The PSCR Pulse Accelerator

The closeout of the NIST PSCR Pulse Accelerator Program last year brings exciting impacts across the board for public safety, with technology-based businesses
PSCR 2022 Thank You

Top 5 NIST PSCR Articles of 2022

This has been an exceptional year for NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division. PSCR hosted its first in-person annual Public Safety

Events

Industry Impacts

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First Responder Communications

First responders must be able to communicate during an emergency. Too often in critical situations, communications among public safety agencies are hampered by

Projects and Programs

Public Safety Communications Research

Ongoing
The primary objective of the Public Safety Communications Research program is to lead the development of wireless telecommunications and information technology

Publications

Voices of First Responders: Emergency Medical Services

Author(s)
Shanee Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Kerrianne Buchanan, Sandra Spickard-Prettyman
The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program's Usability Team was to provide

Voices of First Responders: Law Enforcement

Author(s)
Shanee Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Kerrianne Buchanan, Sandra Spickard-Prettyman
The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program's Usability Team was to provide

Voices of First Responders: Fire Service

Author(s)
Shanee Dawkins, Yee-Yin Choong, Kerrianne Buchanan, Sandra Spickard-Prettyman
The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program's Usability Team was to provide

Software

Analytics Container Environment (ACE) Nano

The ACE Nano is a repository that contains the work done to integrate the Nvidia Nano IoT device into the ACE Framework. It is set up in two components: Jetson

ASAPS Development Dataset

The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created the Automated Streams Analysis

Tools and Instruments

LTE Coverage Tool

This experimental application was developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research Division (PSCR)