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Tag: emergency management

The future of public safety communications

By Michael Coyle Posted on 21/10/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with communications, emergency, emergency management, response, smart phone, technology
The future of public safety communications

Last week I was in Ashcroft testing what will become the future of public safety communications networking; initial impressions of this emerging tech.

SAR in BC for UAV operators

By Michael Coyle Posted on 13/01/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with emergency management, ICS, incident command system, management, SAR, technology, UAV
SAR in BC for UAV operators

Some resources on how Search and Rescue works in British Columbia for UAV operators.

Community Emergency Response

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/01/2014 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with Autism, CERT, community, dementia, emergency management, VOST
Community Emergency Response

The concept of an Community Emergency Response team is an interesting one that could be used to search for people with dementia among other emergencies.

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