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The conference focused on First Responders as key customers for the science and technology research investments made and managed by the S&T Directorate, which is responsible by law for providing homeland security capabilities to state and local governments and private sector entities with a homeland security mission. Representatives of numerous First Responder organizations, jurisdictions, and other state and local emergency management and homeland security professionals were at the event to help identify the capability gaps that must be filled by future investments in science and technology research.
The conference highlighted the specific programs currently underway at S&T to support First Responders, and interactively built a list of High Priority Technology Needs for First Responders that S&T will incorporate into its research planning. The ultimate objective was to deliver technology solutions whose capabilities not only satisfy the First Responder operational capability needs but also affect the processes, tactics, techniques and methods of employment of those performing the First Responder and emergency response and management missions. |
