LAKE MARY, Fla., June 5 /PRNewswire/ — F4W, Inc. (F4W), a software development company focused on delivering easy-to-use and cost-effective communications solutions, announced today the launch of the first statewide “System of Systems” for interoperable communications at the Empire 09 Disaster Response and Management Exercise in Albany, NY.
This framework is based on F4W’s patented Energo Technology.
Harry Timmons, president for F4W, said, “Interoperability has been an industry buzz word the last few years. The majority of our competitors have focused on the Land Mobile Radio market. For F4W, true interoperability allows for data, voice and video exchange between agencies within an incident site. Better yet, anyone located anywhere in the world who needs to communicate with the incident area should be able to and we deliver that. F4W is about to release a software program that for the first time will enable nationwide or statewide interoperability creating the first public safety networks. More importantly, a National Public Safety Interoperability Network is becoming a reality.”
Within the next 60 days, F4W will begin a BETA launch of the SoS’s for 6 additional states. It is the goal of F4W to present the Department of Homeland Security the solution that meets the “National Emergency Response Interoperability Framework and Resilient Communication System of Systems” ORD published under the SECURE Program by the DHS Science & Technology Group.
About Empire 09
Albany, N.Y. is hosting an array of federal, state and local agencies and organizations as the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) tests the technical response to a release of a radiological dispersal device in a U.S. urban environment. If the city of Albany, N.Y., was suddenly hit with a large-scale release of a radiological dispersal device (RDD), are emergency officials prepared to respond to such an incident? That is the question government agencies are looking to answer with its Empire 09 full-scale exercise (FSE).
Empire 09 is intended to demonstrate the capability to effectively manage the technical response to a domestic RDD incident in an urban environment. This interagency Tier II exercise is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and will demonstrate the capability to effectively manage the government’s technical response to such an event.
To accomplish these goals, Empire 09 will include the main FSE and tabletop exercises designed to address specific objectives and issues that will not occur during the real-time drill.
About F4W
F4W focuses on delivering easy-to-use, affordable solutions that meet all specifications outlined by the Department of Homeland Security for “man-portable,” resilient and interoperable communications. F4W’s patented technology and “man-portable” communications kits define the leading edge of emergency, event and remote communications.
For more information, visit: www.f4winc.com.
