NIHS News

Pandemic Preparedness Project Leaders Play Major Role in The Eastern Regional Medical Reserve Corps Workshop

Date:  July 28, 2010

The Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Kentucky was the place to be on Saturday July 24th.  The Eastern Regional Medical Reserve Corps Workshop was held to provide basic MRC and Point of Dispensing (POD) training for individuals interested in offering assistance to their communities during public health emergencies.  The workshop was attended by about 30 healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, emergency medical services, administrative and non-medical volunteers.  An overview of the MRC and Kentucky Health Emergency Listing of Professiona

Pandemic Preparedness Project Highlighted at the NACCHO Conference

Date:  July 21, 2010

The National Institute for Hometown Security exhibited at the NACCHO Annual Meeting on July 13-16, 2010 at the Memphis Convention Center in Memphis Tennessee. The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is the national organization representing local health departments. NACCHO supports efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity, and supporting effective local public health practice and systems.

NATSC project demonstrates the latest project developments

Date:  July 9, 2010

On Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 1 p.m. EST, members of the North American Transportation Security Center project team met at the NIHS office in Somerset, Kentucky to demonstrate the latest project developments. 

The Security System for Bulk Milk Transport project featured in ASABE magazine

Date:  July 2, 2010

Security System for Bulk Milk Transport- Fred Payne

Researchers at the University of Kentucky (UK) are very close to having a viable solution to the problems incurred by the manual methods currently used for securing milk during transport. Our milk transport security system will provide improved accuracy, traceability, efficiency, and security—significantly adding to the security infrastructure for bulk food transport.

The Kentucky Critical Infrastructure Protection Program "KCI" video receives Telly Award

Date:  June 22, 2010

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June 18, 2010

Video Editing Services Receives 2010 Telly Awards

The Challenge

The task of assuring the security of our homeland involves protecting the citizens of the United States, the nation's critical infrastructure and key assets. This is necessary to sustain the nation's vitality against terrorism and other threats. This protection must originate at the community level. It requires discovering, developing and deploying new technology that will support first responders and key decision makers in local communities.

The Mission

NIHS' mission is to discover, develop and deploy solutions that protect and preserve the critical infrastructure of the nation's communities.

The Institute

NIHS aligns projects and research objectives with the needs and requirements of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The strategy is to manage a distributed research enterprise that effectively transitions research and development into solutions. NIHS works with DHS to determine technology needs at the community level. Then, teams are quickly assembled from multiple universities to develop solutions to the needs.

The Strategy

Through management of the Kentucky Critical Infrastructure Protections Program (KCI), the National Institute for Hometown Security (NIHS) provides an ongoing, integrated program dedicated to developing new technologies and devices. NIHS works through qualified academic institutions to accomplish the technological objectives.