The environment of the public and private workplace has changed drastically since September 11, 2001.  Roles and responsibilities of today’s emergency response, security and government personnel have become vastly more complicated in the last five to ten years.  Terrorism, on both a micro and macro level, has changed the landscape for Americans forever.

The targeting of America’s symbolic and critical infrastructure, as well as threat of unconventional weapons and tactics have contributed to making the world of those professionals in the law enforcement, fire/EMS, public utility, transportation, education and faith-based sectors a well-coordinated and accountable team to prevent and respond to natural and man-made incidents through security and mitigation tools.

Homeland security today goes far beyond response and requires the utmost in preparedness, planning and accountability.  9/11 sharpened the focus on these requirements, and in many ways, has encouraged private sector, city, county, regional, state and federal personnel to come to the planning table together for collaboration on common and coordinated procedures, techniques and technologies, in responding to incidents and disasters.  Indeed, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was developed in response to this need, as were the Homeland Security Presidential Directives on the Management of Domestic Incident Management Systems (NIMS) requirements.  NIMS now provides a venue for a consistent nationwide approach for Federal, State and local governments to work effectively and efficiently together.

VUANCE'S (FORMERLY SUPERCOM) full suite of Incident Response Management Systems enable this prevention, mitigation and coordination in any condition by offering a line of accountability, credentialing and communications interoperability solutions to include:

Smart-Disaster Site Management Systems

operate with a robust 900MHz line of sight communications and battery powered tripod checkpoints to assure operation in any condition, regardless of the lack of infrastructure.

The Dynagate

provides battery-powered smart-card access control units with or without biometric verification; which works offline or using an on-board Cisco Router to communicate wirelessly to our Smart Gate software.

Handheld Readers

can verify smart cards, 2D barcodes (Driver’s Licenses), and fingerprints in a small, lightweight reader.

Pure-RF Radio Frequency Identification Tags

are small, motion activated ID tags that can track movements within areas for total, real-time accountability.

Communications Interoperability Bridges

give an incident commander the ability to bridge radio and telephonic communication devices from any organization together, to ensure a constant flow of communication; in a small, portable solution.

Mobile Credentialing and Enrollment Stations

give users the ability to issue smart-card credentials and database updates on-scene in a mobile environment, to ensure the security and accountability of a site and all personnel responding therein.

Smart Cards

give organizations the ability to identify personnel in a completely secure way, which not only curbs counterfeiting and impersonation, but also allows important data on the cardholder to be stored on the card itself, allowing rapid access of security, medical and notification information for first responders and incident commanders that may encounter the cardholder.

Smart Gate and Magna databases

are secure database applications that tie these solutions into the command center software so that the scene can be monitored, secured and controlled on any Windows-based computer.

VUANCE (FORMERLY SUPERCOM) provides approved Homeland Security Solutions for the following applications:

• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Mobile Access Control & ID
• Enrollment
• NIMS/ICS Compliance
• Communications Interoperability
• Emergency Preparedness
• and much more…