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Homeland Security Show | Episode 27

micJanice KepharttodayApril 1, 2013 7

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    Homeland Security Show | Episode 27 Janice Kephart


American Technology Innovations: Amit Kapoor of First Line Technologies

Amit Kapoor started First Line Technologies with his college engineering roommate with the goal of providing first responders with equipment they really needed in a cost-effective manner. In an era of shrinking federal budgets and increased risk from natural disasters, traditional terror and chem or nuclear incidents, saving lives and property of both responders and civilians without breaking budgets required out of the box thinking. First Line’s polymer products were used in Japan to clean up massive amounts of radioactive material, their amibus conversion kits are deployed to areas requiring temporary hospital beds or quick, mass evacuation from nursing homes or even transportation accidents, their cooling suits are used in all types of high heat environments, and their chem wipes have saved lives by eliminating deadly toxins quickly and effectively from the skin. We also chatted about the USA Today report that concludes that only 5 states are currently up to grade on emergency response requirements, mostly due to massive cuts in recent years in both federal and state budgets. We chatted about how First Line’s 100s of products can help save states money and get them prepared, sometimes at one-tenth the cost of other, less effective products in the market. Most of the time, however, First Line’s are the only products available that provide proven functionality and support.

In my news I mentioned the squid in China that was taken to market for slaughter, only to be found with a fully live bomb inside. And it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke, either… 


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