Xybernaut Technologies and Solutions Highlighted During Emergency Management Demonstration
Wednesday August 27, 9:55 am ET
First Responder Teams From Charleston and Mt. Pleasant, SC Conduct Full-Scale Evaluation of Technologies and Best Practices For Managing Critical Incidents
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2003-- Recent news coverage nationally and in the Charleston, SC area highlighted deployments of Xybernaut® (NASDAQ: XYBR - News) wearable computers for emergency preparedness and critical incident response. Under a Department of Justice (DOJ) program developed to identify and evaluate best practices and new technologies for emergency first responders.
The August 23 demonstration included 12 teams of law enforcement, SWAT and fire/rescue and EMS from the cities of Charleston, North Charleston and Mt. Pleasant as well as Charleston County officials. Xybernaut worked with several partners to coordinate full-scale exercises in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
The demonstration attracted considerable attention from homeland security officials as well as television and printed news outlets. News segments aired on the ABC, CBS and Fox affiliates on the day of and following the exercise.
The media interest concentrated on two primary news topics:
The applicability of wearable computing technologies in various emergency situations -- even though Xybernaut technologies have been and are currently used by many government/ military, law enforcement and first responder communities, the Critical Incident Response Toolkit (CIRT) represents a comprehensive solutions designed for easy implementation across various first responder communities.
The cross-jurisdictional participation from federal, regional and local communities.
The potential for the technologies used in the Charleston, SC area to be considered as preferred technologies for emergency response.
Photos related to this exercise are available at www.xybernaut.com.
In addition to television news coverage, printed news articles and/or photos appeared in the Charleston Post & Courier (largest daily newspaper in the area) and Government Technology.
Charleston Post & Courier:
Articles can be found at the following Web addresses:
charleston.net
Government Technology Magazine:
govtech.net
About Xybernaut Corporation
Xybernaut Corporation is the leading provider of wearable/mobile computing hardware, software and services, bringing communications and full-function computing power in a hands-free design to people when and where they need it. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Xybernaut has offices and subsidiaries in Europe (Germany) and Asia (Japan). Visit Xybernaut on the Web at www.xybernaut.com.
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Contact:
Xybernaut Corporation, Fairfax
Michael Binko, 703-654-3637
mbinko@xybernaut.com
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