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First Responders Fact Sheets
The First Responders Group focuses on research and development in a variety of programs that assist responder needs both from the operational and strategic capabilities. This page provides a full listing of all FRG project fact sheets categorized by FRG Division.
For FRG project publications, visit the FRG Publications page.
Cross-Cutting Division Projects
- ChemTag – Personal Chemical Warning Device Fact Sheet
- First Responder Communities of Practice (FR CoP) Fact Sheet
- First Responder Resource Group (FRRG) Fact Sheet
- International Forum to Advance First Responder Innovation Fact Sheet
- Interagency Technology Exploration Fact Sheet
- Respiratory Protection for Medical Personnel Fact Sheet
First Responder Technologies Division (R-Tech)
- Advanced Multi-purpose Base Ensemble for Emergency Responders (AMBER) Fact Sheet
- Ambulance and Patient Compartment Safety and Design Standards Fact Sheet
- Automated Driver and Responder Alert System (ADRAS) Fact Sheet
- Board Armor® Backboard Cover Fact Sheet
- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Fact Sheet
- Burn Saver Thermal Sensor Fact Sheet
- Finding Individuals for Disaster and Emergency Response (FINDER) Fact Sheet
- Fireground Compass Fact Sheet
- First Responder Support Tools (FiRST) Application Fact Sheet
- First Responders Group Broad Agency Announcement Fact Sheet
- Improved Structure Firefighting Glove Fact Sheet
- Lost Person Locator Fact Sheet
- Low Light Internet Protocol Camera Fact Sheet
- Mobile Biometrics Fact Sheet
- Personal Area Network (PAN) Interference and Compatibility Issues for Public Safety Personal Protective Equipment Fact Sheet
- Precision Outdoor and Indoor Navigation and Tracking for Emergency Responders (POINTER) Fact Sheet
- Prepaid Card Reader Fact Sheet
- Project Responder 4 Fact Sheet
- Radio Internet-Protocol Communications Module (RIC-M) Fact Sheet
- Resilient Electric Grid (REG) Fact Sheet
- Respiration Protection for Firefighters During Overhaul Operations Fact Sheet
- Response and Defeat Operations Support (REDOPS) Fact Sheet
- Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Fact Sheet
- Semi-Autonomous Pipe Bomb End Cap Remover (SAPBER) Fact Sheet
- Smoke and Particulate Resistant Structural Turnout Ensemble Fact Sheet
- Text-to-911 Translation Fact Sheet
- Virtual Shooter Fact Sheet
- Virtual Training: Simulation Tool for First Responders Fact Sheet
- Wildland Firefighters Advanced Personal Protection System Fact Sheet
- Wireless Patient Monitoring Fact Sheet
- Wireless Physiological and Environmental Monitoring (WiPEM) Fact Sheet
- X-Ray Scanning Rover (XSR) Fact Sheet
Information Applications and Standards (IAS)
- Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media Project Fact Sheet
- Canada-U.S. Enhanced Resiliency Experiment (CAUSE) Fact Sheet
- Developing Risk-based Metrics for Flood Resilience to Support Community Investment Strategies Fact Sheet
- Emergency Data Exchange Language Suite of Standards Fact Sheet
- Flood Apex Program Fact Sheet
- Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) Internet of Things (IoT) Fact Sheet
- Next Generation Incident Command System (NICS) Fact Sheet
- Utilizing the Landsat Mission and Spectral Indices to Automate Flood Extent Mapping Fact Sheet
- Virtual Social Media Working Group Fact Sheet
- Virtual USA Fact Sheet
- Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Fact Sheet
National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL)
- National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) Fact Sheet
- New York Area Science and Technology (NYAST) Forum Fact Sheet
- Performance Test and Evaluation at NUSTL (PTEN) Fact Sheet
- Radiological Emergency Management System (REMS) Fact Sheet
- Radiological / Nuclear Response and Recovery Research & Development Fact Sheet
- Responder Training and Exercise Program (RTE) Fact Sheet
- Safety, Health, and Environmental Management (SHEMS) Fact Sheet
- System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Fact Sheet
- Urban Operational Experimentation (OpEx) Fact Sheet
Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC)
- Assistant for Understanding Data through Reasoning, Extraction and Synthesis (AUDREY) Fact Sheet
- Comparative Analysis of Forensic Video Specifications (CAVFS) Fact Sheet
- Chicago Long Term Evolution (LTE) Fact Sheet
- Datacasting—Broadcasting Real-Time Video and Critical Data over Existing Digital Television Spectrum Fact Sheet
- Firefighter Incident Commander Training Simulator Fact Sheet
- Hardening of Devices—Enabling Robust Communications for First Responders Fact Sheet
- Hybrid Public Safety Microphone (Turtle Command™) Fact Sheet
- Machine-to-Machine Architectures to Improve First Responder Communications Fact Sheet
- MaXphone – Multi-Access Extension for Smartphones Fact Sheet
- Mobile Ad-hoc Networking (MANET) to Improve Public Safety Situational Awareness Fact Sheet
- Modeling & Analysis for Public Safety Broadband Fact Sheet
- Multi-Band Radio Fact Sheet
- Network Extension: WideBridge™ Fact Sheet
- Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) Fact Sheet
- Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) Communication Hub Fact Sheet
- Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) Integration Demo Fact Sheet
- Portable Handset Integrated Next-Generation Incident Command System (PHINICS) Fact Sheet
- Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP) Fact Sheet
- Physiological Monitoring Fact Sheet
- Responder Technology Alliance (RTA) Fact Sheet
- Symbology Initiative Fact Sheet
- Video Quality in Public Safety (VQiPS) Fact Sheet
- Virtual USA Fact Sheet
- Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Fact Sheet
- White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) Electronic Jamming Exercise Fact Sheet
- Wireless Broadband Technology Demonstrator Program (WBTD) Fact Sheet
Office for Public Safety Research (OPSR)
- Global Positioning System (GPS) Vulnerabilities for Critical Infrastructure Fact Sheet
- National Hurricane Technology Modernization Project Fact Sheet
- National Hurricane Program Technology Modernization Hurricane Evacuation Study Tool Fact Sheet
- National Hurricane Program Technology Modernization HURREVAC-eXtended (HV-X) Fact Sheet
- Overhead Imagery Fact Sheet
- Post Tracking System (PTS) Fact Sheet
- Recovery Transformer (RecX) Fact Sheet
- Resilient Electric Grid (REG) Fact Sheet
- Resilient Structures and Facilities Project Fact Sheet
- Resilient Tunnel Project Fact Sheet
- Risk Prediction Program Fact Sheet
- Screener’s Auto-Diagnostic Adaptive Precision Training (ScreenADAPT) System Fact Sheet
- Screener Training and Selection Fact Sheet
- Solar Storm Mitigation Fact Sheet
- SUMMIT for Homeland Emergency Response and Planning (SHERPA) Fact Sheet
- Training and Performance Optimization Fact Sheet
