Resilience
First Responder Capability
Agency NameDepartment of Homeland Security
Funding Amount
Bureau Name
Science and Technology
Funding Mechanism
Contract
New?
No
Funding Mechanism
Contract
Funding Amount Notes
Period of Availability
5 Year
Program Description
This program develops and transitions technologies, information, procedures, and concept of operations to aid first responders, emergency managers, and incident commanders as they respond to hazardous situations. It assists emergency response communities through test and assessment of technologies for usability and seeks to transition viable solutions to the commercial marketplace to help make them available across all first responder communities.
Eligible Uses
Public safety and violence prevention to evaluate "soft target" security, including countering improvised explosive device events and protection of U.S. critical infrastructure.