As the threat of international terrorism rises, there is an increasing requirement to provide evidence-based information and training for the emergency personnel who will respond to terrorist incidents. Current major incident training advises that emergency responders prioritize their own personal safety above that of the 'scene and survivors'. However, there is limited information available on...

Over the last decade the advent of wireless sensor networks has enabled several novel classes of application, including monitoring and tracking. In the case of monitoring applications, the deployment of sensor networks will vary from mission critical applications, such as military, health and asset monitoring, to non-critical applications, such as temperature and humidity control. For some crit...