CivTAK with FMV in CA Fires
Here’s a clip from AJ using CivTAK with Full Motion Video fighting California wildfires, integrated with the CalFires’ NightWatch Platform. You can find the LinkedIn Post here, and I’ve posted the whole thing below.
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Script to import Cameras to ATAK
AJ Johansson posted that he has a script from Par that imports the AlertWildFire.org cameras in California. I’d like to see the script published so people could apply it to other systems.
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Corona Fire Department Enhances Situational Awareness with ATAK
“We have had a unique situation that we’re actually seeing more across the U.S., which is the desire to use mobile devices to enable better team communication in real time and ensure that applications that require robust processing have the ability to do that quickly and on the go,”
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California Fire Department Uses ATAK to Meet First Responder Challenges
From Financial News (UK) comes an article about a California Fire Department using ATAK on Samsung phones for first responders: Corona Fire Department in California is transforming how it delivers intelligence to its first responders with Samsung mobile devices, the company said. Equipped with Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) and ImageTrend software, Samsung Galaxy Tab S4s and S10s help the …
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Samsung Touts ATAK Fighting CA Fires
“DHS continues to champion the use of ATAK as an all-risk tool for first responders, and we’ve been really impressed with how Galaxy devices elevate the use of ATAK in the field,”
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CA uses TAK, goTenna
This article from C4ISRNet.com discusses goTenna’s integration with ATAK and its use by California firefighters. the whole article is worth a read: Each goTenna device is a stand-alone tool that can work with other goTenna devices to transmit information through a mesh network. Multiple applications for the mesh network involve showing in real time the locations of people connected to …
MoreBoeing/Insitu Interoperable w/ ATAK
From this article on Insitu (a subsidiary of Boeing) discusses its integration with ATAK during Northern California’s Camp Fire: Insitu’s suite of real-time intelligence acquisition and distribution capabilities provide live Motion Imagery Standards Board (MISB)-compliant video and flight telemetry to extensible mapping engines such as the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) and the Windows Tactical Assault Kit (WinTAK).
MoreCA Fire, CA National Guard Leverage TAK for Emergency Response
From DVIDS: MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. –The 163d Attack Wing’s Hap Arnold Innovation Center (HAIC) has turned California wildfires into a crucible of American ingenuity. The brainstorming center of the California Air National Guard wing, which flies MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) from March Air Reserve Base, enabled technology forged in combat theatres to work for fighting wildfires …
MoreThe Sort of Use ATAK is Great For
Here’s an interesting article from the Sacramento Bee on a multi-agency operation to perform a series of drug raids. This is just the sort of thing that TAK is great at. From the article: In the largest operation of its kind, federal agents swept across the Sacramento region Tuesday and Wednesday targeting about 75 homes serving as suspected marijuana growing …
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