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July 15, 2021

Hyperlocal Weather Plugin for BlueforceEDGE

by Blueforce
in AI, AWS, C2, C4ISR, CBRN, Common Operating Picture, Dashboard, Disaster Response, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Management, Emergency Notification, Fire, Fusion, Heat, Interoperability, IoBT, IoT, ISR, K9, Location, Lone Worker, Machine Learning, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Police, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

The relationship between weather and emergency management (not to mention emergency preparedness) is fundamental and can be quite complicated. Weather causes many of the disasters that require an emergency response, yet awareness of conditions is essential for management of incidents unrelated to weather as the cause. For sure, meteorological awareness can have a profound effect managing the extent of destruction to life and property to...

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June 28, 2020

BlueforceWBGT as a tool for the Prevention of Heat Related Injuries

by Blueforce
in autonomous agents, Dashboard, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Notification, Heat, Interoperability, IoT, Law Enforcement, Location, Medical, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT

Millions of U.S. workers, including those in the military and public safety, are exposed to heat in their workplaces, but also during training. Although illness from exposure to heat is preventable, every year, thousands become sick from occupational heat exposure, and some cases are fatal. Most outdoor fatalities, 50% to 70%, occur in the first few days of working in warm or hot environments because...

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June 12, 2020

BlueforceBEACON for Lone Workers and for Personal Safety: WEBINAR Playback

by Blueforce
in autonomous agents, AWS, BlueBeacon, Command, Common Operating Picture, Distributed Sensing, Edge, Emergency Notification, HAZLOC, Heat, Location, Lone Worker, Medical, Mobility, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

Whether you are involved in executive protection, campus safety, or manage teams of mobile "lone workers", a fundamental requirement exists to keep track of people and to ensure their safety as they go about their day. BlueforceBEACON is a highly secure software based emergency notification system that provides a safety net. The product delivers location services, secure text communications, covert emergency camera triggering, “listen live”...

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October 8, 2017

Rapid Swarming: Observations from Operation SCORE

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Heat, Intrinsically Safe, IoT, Occupational Safety, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

Blueforce Development Corporation (BDC), at the request of Boston Fire Department (BFD) and Metro Boston USAR team, provided operational support for the Operation SCORE exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod during two night-time operational periods: September 15, 2017 starting at 1800 EDT running until 0700 EDT on September 16, 2017, and September 16, 2017 starting at 1800 EDT running until 0600 EDT on September 17,...

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September 23, 2017

Blueforce Selected for Operation SCORE: Joint Base Cape Cod

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Fusion, HAZLOC, Heat, Intrinsically Safe, Occupational Safety, Recovery, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT, Wearables

It was a sight that nightmares are made of; Tons of rubble and rebar and the screams of people trapped after a terrorist detonated an improvised car bomb at a school where a town meeting was being held.  The walking wounded swarmed first responders as they arrived on site and the dead could be seen on the school ground. This was the scene that hundreds of...

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August 20, 2017

PoliceONE and Kyocera: Every Officer, every Soldier, a Blueforce Sensing Platform

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Intrinsically Safe, IoT, K9, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, WBGT, Wearables

PoliceOne is THE authoritative source for Law Enforcement and their recent article proves it. Every officer, every soldier, is a Blueforce Sensing Platform.  It's a common doctrinal goal for network-centric operations.  Today, we have specialized military and police dogs that are trained specifically for bomb detection, yet, a limited number of resourecs can only be deployed so far and so wide. We need bomb "noses" far and wide. When...

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April 23, 2017

Beating the Heat: MEDWAR 2017 with BlueforceWBGT

by Michael Helfrich
in CBRN, Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Heat, IoT, Lone Worker, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, Surveillance, WBGT

Blueforce was proud to take part in MEDWAR 2017 SOUTHEAST as a guest of VCOM/Auburn. Exposure to extreme heat is a reality of any form of public safety/military training and unit preparation for operational missions, MEDWAR included. Many heat illnesses are preventable, and none should be fatal. Leaders must assess unit's missions and training requirements against the risk associated with operating in warm weather environments....

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Beating the Heat: Preventing Heat-Related Illness with Blueforce

by Michael Helfrich
in Distributed Sensing, Emergency Notification, Heat, IoT, Occupational Safety, Sensors, Situational Awareness, WBGT

Thousands of workers fall victim to heat related injuries annually. Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion can occur quickly and early signs are often ignored as workers are focused on accomplishing their assigned tasks. These injuries can occur when work is being done outside and inside and are a major concern of EHS groups across a wide swath of industries. The fact is that heat related...

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