The GLANSER system can track approximately 500 firefighters
simultaneously in a 50 story building and is accurate to as
little as three feet.Honeywell The Wireless Intelligent Sensor
Platform for Emergency Responder (WISPER) relays a firefighter's
vital signs back to the firetruck so that the base can monitored
them and track him through a fire.DHS Wildfires have ravaged the
United States this year, so much so that a Congressional hearing
was called in June to discuss extreme weather in the U.S.
Fortunately, the Department of Homeland Security's Science and
Technology division has three projects underway that should
reduce risk and improve the safety of U.S. firefighters.
GLANSER: A Firefighter locator When firefighters enter a
building or a wildfire they “vanish off the map” in the words of
DHS S&T -- meaning a GPS satellite signal cannot follow them.
Most firefighters also still use analog radio signals, which
have problems getting through concrete, tunnels, forest and
smoke-filled structures. Yet nearly 90