News and Events

Current News & Events

Announcement and Registration Form now available for 3^rd Annual Workshop "Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking for Emergency Responders", August 4-6, 2008

Precision Personnel Locator Overview Flyer
New paper available
Pages on Integrated Firefighter Locating and Physiological Monitoring established

External Press

"Worcester Inventions," by Chet Williamson, Worcester Magazine, January 24, 2008.
"New Research Promises Firefighter Tracking," by Katie Kelley, Public Safety Report, October 2007.
"Smoke-Filled Facility Used To Train Firefighters," WBZ Worcester News, reported by Ron Sanders, August 30, 2007.
"Worcester Polytechnic Institute to host national forum on locating first responders inside buildings," First Science, July 26, 2007.
"Rescue technology out of WPI" (Flash video), New England Cable News, reported by Brianne Mallaghan, August 2007.
"Futuristic WPI device could help save lost firefighters, miners," Worcester Telegram and Gazette, reported by Jacqueline Reis, August 8, 2007.
"WPI receives $1M grant for firefighter monitoring," Worcester Telegram and Gazette, reported by Jacqueline Reis, August 6, 2007.
"Worcester Tests Firefighter Tracking Technology," WBZ Worcester News, reported by Ron Sanders, August 6, 2007.
"Seeking solutions to a life-saving issue - WPI conference on ways to rescue rescuers," Worcester Telegram and Gazette, reported by Martin Luttrell, August 8, 2006.
"Tracking system could save lives" (Flash video), New England Cable News, Worcester News Tonight, reported by Jennifer Roy, August 8, 2006.
"WPI developing firefighter tracking device," Worcester Telegram and Gazette, reported by Jacquelline Reis, Dec. 5, 2004.
"WPI lab develops device to protect rescuers," Worcester Telegram and Gazette, reported by Martin Luttrell, July 22, 2004.
"Fire units lag on safety rules," Boston Globe, reported by Mac Daniel, December 3, 2004.

Internal Press

"The Unseen Challenge", Research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, by Joanne Silver, 2007
Safe Exit, WPI Transformations: A Journal of People and Change, Winter 2004
WPI Receives Million to Develop Firefighter Locator System, The Bridge, March 2003

News Releases

WPI Wins $1 Million to Develop System to Locate and Monitor Emergency Workers in Buildings and Hosts National Forum on this Critical Issue, WPI, August 7, 2007
WPI to Host National Forum on Locating First Responders Inside Buildings, WPI, July 26, 2007
S. Rep. Jim McGovern, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and John Kerry Announce Million for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, WPI, February 14, 2003

Past Events

2^nd Annual Workshop "Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking for Emergency Responders", August 6-7, 2007
1^st Annual Workshop "Precision Indoor Personnel Location and Tracking for Emergency Responders", August 7-8, 2006
System Requirements Workshop, June 19-21, 2004

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