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![This image shows Mexico Beach, FL, after it sustained damage from Hurricane Michael in 2018. It was taken through NOAA’s Emergency Remote Sensing program. Satellites could provide similar information after more incidents. (Image courtesy of NOAA.)](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-09/DisasterSat%20image.jpg?itok=UtmWqQuK)
![A researcher stands on a laptop. In front of him are a few small radios, and a large projector screen showing data.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2022-05/LLDARt.png?itok=SggXLndM)
Low-Cost Localization Using Distributed Adaptable-Response Transponders
A deployable navigation network of small, low-cost radio transponders can help track the locations of first responders during rescue operations.
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![A photo of a Google earth image of Bangladesh, with a heat map over it showing mostly red.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-04/CREWSNET.png?h=be37ad46&itok=ct-F4Sho)
Climate Resilience Early Warning System Network
We are creating proactive, integrated decision -support tools and services that empower frontline communities to prepare for climate impacts and minimize losses.
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![three people stand on a big dirt pile, outside, with blue sky in the background. One researcher is holding a laptop, which another looks at. The third person is holding a remote, controlling a robotic vehicle also on the dirt pile.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2021-08/521383-009D.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=KLSC5evc)
Motion Under Rubble Measured Using Radar
Our see-through-wall sensor is a lightweight, portable technology that peers through rubble and debris of a disaster site to detect survivors.
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![a photo of a person scanning a QR code, affixed to a small wrapped shipment of food, with a smartphone.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2021-06/USAID-QR%20code.png?itok=JNB8UjHr)
USAID Food Traceability
We're building a system to track the dispersal of international food aid.
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![Rice cooker with attached infrared sensor.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2020-09/TI90-2601_PV%20Microgrids%20for%20Cooking%20.jpg?itok=1dyR096O)
Smart Photovoltaic Microgrids for Cooking in Disadvantaged Communities
By connecting a PV microgrid powered by solar panels to homes, engineers could provide people who live in regions of power-insecurity with the energy to cook their meals. Unused power could be applied to phone-charging stations.
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![During a wildfire in southern California, emergency responders shared real-time information on the NICS interface, such as the size of the fire, unit locations, and the rate of the fire’s spread.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-05/NICS.jpg?h=e94bad3e&itok=Htol6ZeU)
Next-Generation Incident Command System
Emergency agencies around the world are using NICS to coordinate rapid and organized response to disasters.
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