Homeland Security Seeks to Improve First Responder Vehicle Tech – By Frank Konkel (Nextgov) / June 3, 2022
A new contract could enhance communications between first responders.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology directorate Thursday announced a contract award that could ultimately improve first responder emergency vehicle alerting technology.
The $100,000 contract was awarded to Corner Alliance, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based small business, to improve emergency alerts from first responders to drivers during emergencies. The contract follows work among DHS S&T and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System program, or IPAWS, that aims to develop a Wildland Urban Interface integration model.
“That model enables the dissemination of Wireless Emergency Alerts from alerting authorities using IPAWS to integration partners, to achieve new capabilities such as displaying fire and emergency alert information on the “infotainment” screens in vehicles,” according to a press statement issued by DHS S&T.
