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Burn Saver: Operational Field Assessment Report
From the Executive Summary: "Firefighters are exposed to dangerous thermal conditions, including elevated temperatures, convective heat flux, and radiant heat flux when entering burning buildings during a fire. The self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) facepiece lens is often the first component of a firefighter's personal protective equipment (PPE) to fail when exposed to dangerous thermal conditions, a contributing factor in many firefighter injuries and fatalities. To address this issue, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) funded TDA Research Inc. (TDA) to develop Burn Saver, a sensor and alarm system that can be mounted on an SCBA shoulder strap, and measures the temperature and heat flux of the environment and calculates the length of time until those conditions will damage the SCBA facepiece lens. Specifically, Burn Saver will activate an alarm when it calculates that a firefighter has 45 seconds remaining before the environment begins to damage their SCBA facepiece."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Polacco, Christopher
2019-03
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Mobile Device Attribute Validation: Technology Demonstration Report
From the Executive Summary: "Lockstep Technologies is developing the Mobile Device Attribute Validation (MDAV) application for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). MDAV is a mobile application that digitally authenticates first responders' credentials. Using X.509 public key cryptography on smartphones, the MDAV app aims to enable first responders to verify one another's credentials, permits and certifications quickly, securely and privately during field operations, even when there is no network connectivity. MDAV has two main mobile components: a wallet that contains the responder's credentials in a cryptographically secure form, and a reader that scans and validates those credentials. Credentials are relayed between phones via several methods (such as Quick Response Codes, Near Field Communication and Bluetooth), and verified electronically. Additionally, there is a web application used by administrators (attribute authorities) to issue the credentials."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Linn, Blaise; Mackanin, Tyler
2019-06
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SMART: Social Media Analytics and Reporting Toolkit: Data Collection Report
From the Foreword: "The National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) is a federal laboratory organized within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). Located in New York City, NUSTL is the only national laboratory focused exclusively on supporting the capabilities of state and local first responders to address the homeland security mission. The laboratory provides first responders with the necessary services, products, and tools to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from homeland security threats and events. DHS S&T works closely with the nation's emergency response community to identify and prioritize mission capability gaps, and to facilitate the rapid development of critical solutions to address responders' everyday technology needs. DHS S&T gathers input from local, tribal, territorial, state, and federal first responders, and engages them in all stages of research and development--from building prototypes to operational testing, to transitioning tools that enhance safety and performance in the field. The goal is to advance technologies that address mission capability gaps in a rapid timeframe, and then promote a quick transition of the technologies to the commercial marketplace for use by the nation's first responder community."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
2020-05
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SAVER TechNote: Less Lethal Technologies for Law Enforcement
From the Document: "'Less lethal technologies are devices designed to be less likely to cause death when deployed than conventional weapons like firearms. Less lethal technologies are used by law enforcement in two primary situations: crowd control and one-on-one suspect apprehension. For each of these situations, technology subcategories exist based on the modalities of the technology, such as chemical, kinetic and conducted energy.'"
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
2019-06
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Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technology Guide
From the Foreword: "This Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Technology Guide is intended to educate the national first responder community on C-UAS technology. In order to explain how C-UAS technologies operate, this guide provides an overview of small unmanned aircraft system technologies, including key components enabling their operation. The information provided in this guide includes technical, scientific and engineering expertise offered by NUSTL [National Urban Security Technology Laboratory] as well as information gathered from May to July 2018 from internet research, industry publications and manufacturer data."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Patel, Bhargav; Rizer, Dmitri
2019-09
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Response and Recovery Knowledge Product: Key Planning Factors
"This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government, nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, nor any of their contractors, subcontractors, or their employees, make any warranty, express or implied, or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represent that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government, any agency thereof, or any of their contractors or subcontractors. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government, any agency thereof, or any of their contractors."
Sandia National Laboratories; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2012
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Best Practices for Timing Attack Mitigation
From the Introduction: "GPS [Global Positioning System] signals play essential roles in the electric subsector by providing precision timing used to synchronize and record measurements from a range of equipment. However, previous research has demonstrated that GPS signals can be spoofed or jammed relatively easily in order to interfere with timing-reliant equipment. This document outlines utility best practices for mitigating against timing attacks in the electric subsector based on an assessment of the difficulty and impact of realistic timing attacks and testing of the effectiveness of technologies capable of mitigating them. This analysis builds on research establishing the vulnerability of GPS-reliant timing equipment to jamming and spoofing by elaborating the difficulty, consequences, and mitigations for timing attacks that adversaries might realistically attempt. While timing attacks are relatively low-cost, low-sophistication, and capable of systemic consequences in the electric subsector, they can be effectively mitigated through well-targeted and diverse mitigations. Based on results from mitigation testing, development of attack scenarios for precision timing manipulation, an analysis of critical points of failure for a representative grid model, and software assurance testing, this report describes the following recommendations for utility best practices to protect against and mitigate potential GPS timing attacks."
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
Applegate, Chloe J.; Campbell, Alexander
2022-01-04
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Robotic Modular Stereoscopic Retrofit System: Operational Field Assessment Report
From the Introduction: "Bomb technicians protect the public by rendering explosives safe and performing forensic work on those explosives. Mobile, unmanned platforms (i.e., bomb disposal robots) are controlled by operators from a safe standoff distance. Bomb technicians rely on robot vision systems for video imagery to control the robot, its arm, and its gripper for manipulation of devices or tools. Existing robot vision systems, however, are limited to two-dimensional images. As a result, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded a contract to Honeybee Robotics to develop the Robotic Modular Stereoscopic Retrofit System (MSR). This system aims to improve an operator's perception of the robot's environment by providing real-time, high quality, stereoscopic video imagery using camera heads, a power and data transmission core module, and an operator control station (OCS) with a glasses-free lenticular display. [...] On behalf of the S&T Office of Mission and Capability Support (MCS), the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) conducted an operational field assessment (OFA) to evaluate the suitability of the MSR for use by bomb technicians. NUSTL conducted the OFA at the Middlesex County Fire Academy located in Sayreville, New Jersey. MCS and Office of Science and Engineering (OSE) program management staff observed remotely over Microsoft Teams. This report describes the evaluators' feedback obtained during the operational test activities that simulated conditions one might encounter during emergency response missions."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Casparro, Robert; Linn, Blaise; Murtagh, Cecilia
2022-04
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Wildland Urban Interface Fire Operational Requirements and Capability Analysis: Report of Findings
From the Executive Summary: "In December of 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator requested the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) research new and emerging technology that could be applied to wildland fire incident response, given the loss of life that occurred in California during the fall of 2017 in Santa Rosa and Ventura. [...] As a result, S&T formed an Integrated Project Team (IPT) and initiated the WUI [wildland urban interface] Fire Operational Requirements and Technology Capability Analysis Project. Over the course of the project, the IPT identified areas of innovation in wildland fire incident relating to wildland fire preparedness and mitigation and enhanced wildland fire suppression practices, including resistant infrastructure planning, building materials, and building codes."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; United States Fire Administration; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-05-31
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Test Results for String Search Tool: EnCase Version 8.09.00.192
From the Introduction: "The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Programs Office and Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). CFTT is supported by other organizations, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, U.S. Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division Electronic Crimes Program, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Secret Service. The objective of the CFTT program is to provide measurable assurance to practitioners, researchers, and other applicable users that the tools used in computer forensics investigations provide accurate results. Accomplishing this requires the development of specifications and test methods for computer forensics tools and subsequent testing of specific tools against those specifications."
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.). Office of Law Enforcement Standards; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2020-06
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Building and Infrastructure Protection Series [HSDL Holdings]
This Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) list contains documents of the Department of Homeland Security's "Building and Infrastructure Protection Series: Designing Buildings to Withstand Almost Anything." From the Department of Homeland Security website: "A new publication series, aimed at engineers, architects, building owners, city planners, and emergency managers, makes available years of government, industry, and academic research on designs and materials to make buildings and tunnels terror-'resistant' and terror-'resilient.' The Building and Infrastructure Protection Series (BIPS) provides architects and engineers a set of aids for designing critical infrastructure to withstand all kinds of hazards…at a cost that won't break the budget. 'This series lays the foundation for designing a new generation of resilient buildings,' says Mila Kennett, who oversees the series in S&T's [Science and Technology Directorate] Infrastructure Protection and Disaster Management Division, where she leads the Structural Resilience Branch. An architect by training, Kennett came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where she edited a similar publication series after 9/11. Several of the BIPS guides expand upon and update her highly regarded FEMA guides."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Homeland Security Digital Library; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
