Posts in the Category: Field Trial
Lessons from the Field
Leveraging Smart Technologies for Security & Public Safety
PUBLISHED NOV 17, 2018 | BY MIKE MORROW, CEO, COMMANDWEAR SYSTEMS INC.
Lessons learned when deploying wearable technology with Public Safety and Security Teams.
CommandWear has conducted over twenty operational field deployments of wearable technology with various law enforcement, fire/paramedic and corporate safety organizations. We are pleased to share some of the learnings.
A Wearable Situational Awareness Solution
To test whether current wearable technologies really deliver benefits …
Read More »CommandWear Selected for US DHS Smart City Program
CommandWear is one of the thirteen companies selected by the Department of Homeland Security to deploy a smart city IoT technology with first responders. Funding is made available via the SCITI Labs program, a collaboration between DHS S&T, the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), Smart City Works and TechNexus established less than a year ago. The companies were selected after a highly competitive, global competition to find the most innovative, mature …
Read More »In the News: CommandWear helps save lives while keeping first responders safe.
CommandWear™ launched with the help of Wavefront, a Vancouver accelerator, and have seen rapid growth due to rising demand for enhanced safety and security technologies. The company’s web, mobile and wearable apps address critical needs of first responders around the globe. Read more in Wavefront’s article below.
CommandWear offers Pilot Programs including a deployable pilot kit to allow agencies to test the apps on ultra rugged smartphones from Sonim and new smartwatches. …
Read More »First Responder Smartwatch – Field Test Results
CASE STUDY
First Responder Smartwatch – Field Test Results
Published November 27, 2017
by Mike Morrow
PDF Version can be downloaded here.
The Problem
Front-line police officers, paramedics, firefighters and security personnel continue to rely almost exclusively on land mobile radios (LMRs) to get real-time information from their commanders and field support groups. In-vehicle mobile computing has been a big step forward in connecting field personnel back to their critical data systems, locating them through Automated Vehicle …
Read More »CommandWear Profiled at the 37th ASEANAPOL Conference in Singapore
CommandWear is a proud strategic partner of the Singapore Police Force and collaborating on deployment of new mobile and wearable technology solutions to enhance officer safety and operational efficiencies.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean views CommandWear in action at the 37th ASEANAPOL Conference in Singapore. His Facebook post follows.
Read More »Rockdoc™ Streamlines Services and Enhances Safety with CommandWear™
CASE STUDY – MAJOR EVENTS
THE SITUATION
Rockdoc Consulting Inc. is a leading provider of medical services and health care consulting for Event Medical Services (EMS), and various industry and government organizations. Rockdoc offers a full spectrum of EMS, ranging from first aiders and paramedics to specialist doctors and nurses for large-scale athletic events, concerts, and festivals – including the highly popular annual Pemberton Music Festival.
From July 14-17, 2016 a record breaking …
Read More »CommandWear Successfully Tested During Major Federal Exercise
CommandWear received very positive feedback from a major federal department who recently deployed our software during a multi-agency critical incident exercise.
The department found that the accuracy of CommandWear’s GPS tracking combined with realtime secure two-way text messaging and picture/video sharing from responders in the field provided unprecidented situational awareness throughout the chain of command. CommandWear deployed the app on ultra-rugged Sonim XP7 Android phones, Apple iPads and Pebble Smartwatches that were distributed from …
Read More »CommandWear Supports Pan Am Games Security
Pan Am Games Case Study
The Games
The Pan American Games are the world’s third largest international multi-sport Games; they are only surpassed in size and scope by the Olympic Summer Games and the Asian Games. The TORONTO 2015 Pan American Games took place July 10–26, 2015 and over 1 million spectators watched close to 7,000 athletes from across Latin America, South America, the Caribbean and North America compete in 36 sports.
CommandWear’s mobile situational awareness …
Read More »CommandWear to the Rescue
San Diego Floods – CommandWear Case Study
El Niño drenched San Diego with several heavy rainstorms leading up to Jan 6-7, 2016. Streets were flooded, some to depths of several feet deep, causing vehicles to be trapped when trying to get through intersections. People who tried to cross streams or rivers became trapped in life threatening situations and had to be rescued.
San Diego Fire Department & Lifeguard Services
The San Diego …
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Bringing Radio Into The Common Operating Picture: CommandWear Integrates VHF Radio GPS
VECTOR was started in 1998 as a non-profit amateur radio organization that would provide volunteer support for operations in Vancouver, and works in concert with both the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police Department when needed. As an internal initiative, VECTOR decided to test out the capabilities of the CommandWear system and how well it would work with the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS), a radio communications system …
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