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2016 Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting - Day1

August 31, 2016
Author(s)
Tracy A. McElvaney, Dereck R. Orr, Jeremy E. Benson, Richard A. Rouil, Andrew P. Thiessen, Paul Roberts, Steven Voran, John T. Beltz, Joshua M. Franklin, Harlin McEwen, Christopher J. Walton, Paul A. Grassi, Donald L. Harriss, Mika Skarp, Wim Brouwer
The Public Safety Communications Research program held its latest PSBB Stakeholder Meeting on June 7-9 2016 in San Diego, CA. This three-day meeting brought together representatives from public safety, federal agencies, industry and academia to highlight

Usability and Security Considerations for Public Safety Mobile Authentication

July 27, 2016
Author(s)
Yee-Yin Choong, Joshua M. Franklin, Kristen Greene
There is a need for cybersecurity capabilities and features to protect the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). However, cybersecurity requirements should not compromise the ability of first responders to complete their missions. In addition

Thermal Exposure Sensor for Fire Fighters - full-Scale Performance Experiments

July 26, 2016
Author(s)
Nelson P. Bryner, Atul Deshmukh, John Casali, Jeff Lancaster, Roy A. McLane
During structural fire fighting suppression operations, fire fighters wear protective gear to insulate them from the high temperature environment including hot combustion gases, burning surfaces, and thermal radiation. Current turnout gear insulates the

Thermal Exposure Sensor for Fire Fighters - Laboratory-Scale Performance Experiments

July 26, 2016
Author(s)
Nelson P. Bryner, Atul Deshmukh, John Casali, Jeff Lancaster, Roy A. McLane
During structural fire fighting operations, fire fighters wear protective gear to insulate them from high temperature environments, including hot combustion gases, burning surfaces, and thermal radiation. Current turnout gear insulates the fire fighter to

Public Safety Analytics R&D Roadmap

April 19, 2016
Author(s)
Tracy A. McElvaney, Ryan Felts, Marc Leh
The public safety community is in a period of great transition. Over the next 20 years, technology advancements will increase accessibility of data/video applications to public safety, and allow for the eventual migration of voice communications from

Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the MacArthur Maze Fire Scenario

October 2, 2015
Author(s)
Kevin B. McGrattan, Harold Adkins
The NRC has established requirements that are the design bases for packaging and transportation of spent nuclear fuel assemblies under normal conditions of transport (NCT) and for hypothetical accident conditions (HAC). Real-world accidents of greater

Authentication Considerations for Public Safety Mobile Networks

May 14, 2015
Author(s)
Nelson Hastings, Joshua M. Franklin, Larry Feldman, Greg Witte
This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NISTIR 8014, Considerations for Identity Management in Public Safety Mobile Networks, written by Nelson Hastings and Joshua Franklin. The publication analyzes approaches to identity management for

Simulation of a Wind Driven Basement Fire - Riverdale Heights, MD

April 27, 2015
Author(s)
Craig G. Weinschenk, Kristopher Overholt, Daniel M. Madrzykowski
Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS), which is a fire model that is developed and maintained by the Na- tional Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was used to provide insight into the dynamics of a fire that occurred on February 24, 2012, within a

Considerations for Identity Management in Public Safety Networks

March 30, 2015
Author(s)
Nelson Hastings, Joshua M. Franklin
This document analyzes approaches to identity management for public safety networks in an effort to assist individuals developing technical and policy requirements for public safety use. These considerations are scoped into the context of their

Response to Comments on the National Institute of Standards and Technology Investigation of the 2001 World Trade Center Fires

April 15, 2014
Author(s)
Richard G. Gann, Anthony P. Hamins, Therese P. McAllister, Kevin B. McGrattan, William M. Pitts, Kuldeep R. Prasad
The editor of a special issue of Fire Technology invited the NIST authors to address the NIST Investigation of the WTC disaster and associated practice and research progress in the 10 years since then. The three published papers are a summary of the

Final Report, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Technical Investigation of the May 22, 2011, Tornado in Joplin, Missouri

March 26, 2014
Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski, Franklin T. Lombardo, Long Phan, Marc L. Levitan, David P. Jorgensen
This is the final report of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation of the May 22, 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, conducted under the National Construction Safety Team Act. This report describes the wind field of the

Preliminary Reconnaissance of the May 20, 2013, Newcastle-Moore Tornado in Oklahoma

December 3, 2013
Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski, Long Phan, Marc L. Levitan, David P. Jorgensen
This is a report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reconnaissance to collect information on the performance of one critical facility and two educational facilities in the May 20, 2013, Newcastle-Moore tornado in Oklahoma. The

Draft Final Report, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Technical Investigation of the May 22, 2011, Tornado in Joplin, Missouri (NIST NCSTAR 3) ***Draft for Public Comments***

November 21, 2013
Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski, Franklin T. Lombardo, Long Phan, Marc L. Levitan, David P. Jorgensen
This is the final report of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation of the May 22, 2011, tornado in Joplin, Missouri, conducted under the National Construction Safety Team Act. This report describes the wind field of the

A Framework to Update the Plan to Coordinate NEHRP Post-Earthquake Investigations

November 1, 2013
Author(s)
William Holmes, Jonathan Bray, Thomas Holzer, Laurie Johnson, Jack Moehle, Sharon Wood
In 2007, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) "Earthquake Structural and Engineering Research" contract (SB1341-07-CQ-0019) to the NEHRP Consultants Joint Venture, a

Requirements Analysis for Safer Ambulance Patient Compartments

March 22, 2013
Author(s)
Mehdi Dadfarnia, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Allison Barnard Feeney, Deogratias Kibira
Providing emergency care services in the confined space of the patient compartment of a moving ambulance is a hazardous activity. A National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)/Department of Homeland Security (DHS) project is applying systems
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