Our Public Safety Summit is an online event that will bring together all types and levels of public safety officials - law enforcement, fire, EMS, telecommunications, emergency management and allied emergency responders from around the United States and internationally. It is designed to be an incredible learning opportunity for everyone that attends. Attendees will walk away with several educational resources, tips, and strategies that they c...

This webinar uses the OODA approach – Observation, Orientation, Decision, and Action- to explore how public safety leaders need to shift paradigms to effectively address the constantly changing external environment. Public safety’s primary function-to protect the health, safety, and welfare of citizens and the communities served-has intensified in recent years because of more domestic terrorism and psychopathic acts while fewer qua...

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office has deployed smartphones to all sworn personnel resulting in improved operational effectiveness, increased situational awareness, and expanded tactical response capabilities. Helicopter, drone, robot, bomb squad, and SWAT operations all benefit from the ability to live stream videos of evolving situations. After a fatal school shooting incident in 2017, the agency developed a comprehensive partnership...

The 2023 International Public Safety Association Annual Conference will bring together public safety officials - law enforcement, fire, EMS, telecommunications, emergency management and allied emergency responders from around the United States and internationally. It is designed to be an amazing networking and learning opportunity for everyone that attends. Attendees will walk away with several educational resources, tips and strategies that t...

Multiple after-action reports and reviews following major disasters, active shooter/hostile events and mass casualty incidents repeatedly identify the importance of cross-agency interoperability in bringing a rapid, coherent and efficient response to the incident. During a major event, such as an ASHE/MCI, extraordinary, coordinated efforts on the part of law enforcement, fire and EMS is required to rapidly stabilize existing threats, effect r...

Equipping officers with smartphones can increase situational awareness, improve efficiency, and enhance community engagement. The result is a connected officer, who can access mission-critical data regardless of assignment or proximity to a patrol car. Pinellas Park PD has integrated smartphones into a wide range of departmental operations, all with minimal impact on the agency’s budget. Captain Adam Geissenberger will provide insight to...

In public safety, every second counts. Not just a paramedic unit arriving on the scene for a heart attack or for COVID. How about law enforcement showing up on scene to a fight to find 20 people in a clash? Would it be beneficial for the fire department, to respond to an alarm for a big box store, to have size up before arriving, so additional alarms could be called before arriving on the scene? The Drone as a First Responder program also know...

Jail correctional officers, prison staff, and juvenile staff work inside facilities where operations are governed by policies and procedures. All staff, both sworn and non-sworn, must keep a step ahead of the inmates and their con-games and schemes. Inmates will attempt to circumvent corrections staff authority and create cracks in the security network. While officers and staff may think that all is well and operations are running smoothly, in...

Equipping field personnel with smartphones can increase situational awareness, expand capabilities, and enhance community engagement. Smartphones can even serve as effective body-worn cameras and deliver a level of utility that far exceeds single-purpose devices. Chief Todd Lemoine, Kimberling City Police Department, Missouri, decided to use the compact Samsung Z Flip smartphone paired with Visual Labs software to equip his officers with a fea...

Fatigue is a recognized contributor to increased accidents, injuries, and a variety of health conditions. In 2007 the International Association of Fire Chiefs published a report on the impact of fatigue. The report recommended that fire departments develop management plans to mitigate these risks. Recent research indicates that, over a decade later, fatigue is still having a significant impact on firefighters working both 24- and 48-hour shift...