Smart card to coordinate first responders.The National Capital Region is leading an effort to identify first responders first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency with a new smart card credentialing Credentialing is the administrative process for validating the qualifications of licensed professionals, organizational members or organizations, and assessing their background and legitimacy. system. The first responder partnership initiative is designed as a model for other regions to enhance cooperation and efficiency between state and local first responders and their federal counterparts, said Tom Lockwood, director of the Department of Homeland Security's office of national capital region coordination. The architecture of the card, which uses the FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 201 and 14443 standards, will identify first responders and their qualification at the site of an incident, so they may move rapidly into, out of and within an area in a secure manner. The card will be recognized across all NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers federal, state and local multi-jurisdictions. The smart card technology also can serve as a platform for physical access into buildings, access to networks, human resource asset accountability, incident command and control, property and firearms This is an extensive list of small arms — pistol, machine gun, grenade launcher, anti-tank rifle — that includes variants. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
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