Emergency Response Technologies: Global Markets

SUMMARY

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Emergency response technology is a rapidly expanding and innovating field, but invention development as it progresses from concept to lab to field has many different standards, regulations, and performance consistency expectations to meet before any new technology is adopted for use by emergency responders. Decision makers in the heterogeneous field of emergency response need to have the best possible information in order to ensure that their teams have the highest performance equipment that their other departmental constraints allow. Although there is a significant enough burden of performance proof, prior to product implementation, to produce a tendency for emergency response technology companies to adopt only technologies that other organizations have adopted previously without problem, it is imperative that the product information is sufficient to ensure the adoption of the best technologies for the situation, and not merely the easiest or most convenient.

While market information in this report does not focus on company-specific product offerings or relative strengths or weaknesses, it does present the broad spectrum of emergency response technologies in context so that implementing or stakeholder companies can gain a better understanding of how their technology needs or technology offerings fit into the overall market landscape. Additionally, truly leading edge emergency response technologies like the emerging use of robotics for various incident control functions are complex and may not present comprehensive information at the time that decision makers need non-product-specific information to make their technology implementation decisions.

Companies producing emergency response products must ensure that their client companies have all of the necessary information while not side-stepping or avoiding the rigorous regulatory factors that permeate all aspects of emergency response. In this industry, experience in the field is a positive attribute for a technology provider if simply for the perception conveyed that the company is already well-versed in the complex imperatives juggled by emergency response companies on a daily basis. While there is not a direct connection between efficacy of a technology and emergency response field experience, many provider companies spend equally as much effort in establishing and maintaining client confidence in their companies as they do in providing detailed information about their technologies.

For emergency response technology companies and for adopter companies it is important to get beyond company positioning in order to understand the broader panoply of emergency response technologies and their relative market strengths. There is an increasing trend toward technology improvements for situational information sharing at a broad level of inter-departmental emergency response efforts. Even smaller departments must begin to consider how their technology solutions will fit into the broader picture of emergency response solutions, making it even more critical that decision-makers on both sides of the emergency response technology supply chain understand the broader market and regulatory forces as a whole.

SCOPE OF STUDY

This report contains:

• Descriptions of various types of emergency response technologies including those for communication and interoperability components, command and control and decision support, detection and monitoring of hazardous conditions and facilities, decontamination and containment, and incident response and remediation.
• Discussion of the emergency response technologies market both from a market and applications perspective
• The current global market status for emergency response technologies, with trends and forecasts for growth over the next 5 years
• Technological issues including the latest trends and a thorough patent analysis
• Profiles of companies producing emergency response products.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

• Emergency Response Technologies: Global Markets
• Chapter 1 - SUMMARY
  • SUMMARY TABLE: GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY MARKET, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • SUMMARY FIGURE: GROWTH OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY 2008 AND 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
• Chapter 2 - REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • U.S. EMERGENCY RESPONSE REGULATIONS
    • NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK
    • NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Chapter 3 - MARKET FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY BY TYPE
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 1 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • FIGURE 1 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES, 2000-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 2 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • FIGURE 2 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 3 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY BY FIRE AND RESCUE TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • FIGURE 3 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY BY FIRE AND RESCUE TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 4 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY: AIRBORNE FIREFIGHTING, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • FIGURE 4 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY: AIRBORNE FIREFIGHTING, 2002-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • TABLE 5 GLOBAL VALUE OF HAZMAT TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • FIGURE 5 GLOBAL VALUE OF HAZMAT TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 6 GLOBAL VALUE OF MILITARY SPECIFIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 7 GLOBAL VALUE OF MILITARY TACTICAL (DEFENSE) EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • TABLE 8 GLOBAL VALUE OF FIELD OPERATIONAL ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • TABLE 9 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • FIGURE 6 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2013 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 10 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • TABLE 11 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE INDUSTRY BY FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • TABLE 12 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE INDUSTRY BY COMMUNICATION/INTEROPERABILITY FOR HETEROGENEOUS TEAMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 13 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE INDUSTRY BY DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
  • TABLE 14 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE INDUSTRY BY INDUSTRIAL OR KNOWN SOURCES OF HAZMAT DECONTAMINATION/CONTAINMENT, THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 15 GLOBAL VALUE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE INDUSTRY BY HAZMAT TACTICAL/INCIDENT RESPONSE EQUIPMENT THROUGH 2013 ($ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET FOR EMERGENCY ý(CONTINUED)
• Chapter 4 - TECHNOLOGY
  • TECHNOLOGY FAILURES
  • TECHNOLOGY CHANGES
  • TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
    • Technology Solution Challenges
    • Technology Solution ý (Continued)
  • EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY CATEGORIES
    • COMMUNICATION/INTEROPERABILITY TECHNOLOGIES
      • Heterogeneous Communication Connection and Control
      • Personal Communications Devices
      • Command and Control-Specific and Priority Communications Systems
      • Warning, Safety and Alert Systems
        • Warning, Safety and ý (Continued)
      • DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS
        • Decision Support Software
        • Decision Support Databases
        • Decision Support Hardware Systems
        • Privacy and Regulatory Response Tools
      • DECONTAMINATION AND CONTAINMENT
        • Contaminant Detection and Analysis
        • Protective Equipment and Gear
        • Personnel Decontamination
        • Incident or Site Decontamination
        • Storage and Spill Response Equipment
          • Storage and Spill ý(Continued)
        • TACTICAL/INCIDENT RESPONSE EQUIPMENT
          • Spill Containment and Sorbents
          • Hazmat Disposal/Containment
          • Personnel Decon
            • Personnel Decon (Continued)
          • Fire Control and Suppression Systems
          • First Aid-Pre-First Responder
          • FirstResponder Training/Education
        • EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES
          • LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY
            • Law Enforcement Planning & Incident Prevention Technology
            • Law Enforcement Incident Response Technology
              • Law Enforcement Incident ý (Continued)
            • Field Based Law Enforcement Investigation Technology
            • Law Enforcement Technology Enhanced Tactical Apparel
        • FIRE AND RESCUE TECHNOLOGY
          • Fire Rescue Planning and Prevention Technology
          • Fire Incident Response Technology
          • Fire Investigation Technology
          • Fire Emergency Protective Gear
          • Aerial Firefighting Technology
          • Fire Rescue Technology
            • Fire Rescue Technology (Continued)
            • Fire Rescue Technology (Continued)
• Chapter 5 - COMPANY PROFILES OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES
  • COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION
  • 308 SYSTEMS, INC.
  • ACD SHELTER TECHNIEK
  • ADVANCED HAZMAT LIFE SUPPORT
  • ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS
    • Advanced Technologies Group, Inc. Intellectual Property
  • TABLE 16 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES GROUP PATENTS BY COUNTRY
  • TABLE 17 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES GROUP PATENTS BY YEAR
  • TABLE 18 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES GROUP PATENTS BY PATENT LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 19 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES GROUP PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
    • ALABASTER CORP.
    • ALLEN-VANGUARD
    • AMERICAN LAFRANCE CORP.
    • ANDAX INDUSTRIES LLC
    • APPLIED GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES
    • ARMORED SOLUTIONS, INC.
    • BREATHING AIR SYSTEMS
    • CASUALTY TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
    • CENTURION ENTERPRISES, INC.
    • CLEAN EARTH TECHNOLOGIES (CET)
    • COAST TO COAST SAFETY INC.
    • COM-TECH ELECTRONICS
    • CONTINENTAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT (CSE)
    • CRITICAL SITUATION MANAGEMENT, INC.
    • DAVIS INSTRUMENTS CORP.
    • THE ALLIED DEFENSE GROUP
    • DRÄGER SAFETY AG & CO.
    • EMERGENCY MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    • EMS INNOVATIONS, INC.
    • EVAC SYSTEMS FIRE & SAFETY EQUIPMENT, INC.
    • EXCEL GLOVES & SAFETY SUPPLIES, INC.
    • E-Z-EM, INC.
    • FAAC, INC.
    • FERNO
    • FIELDTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
    • FIRE AND SAFETY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD.
    • FIRST DEFENSE INTERNATIONAL GROUP
    • FIRST RESPONDER PRODUCTS
    • FISHER SAFETY
    • FSI NORTH AMERICA
    • GEOMET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • GL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
    • HAZMAT MEDICAL
    • HAZMATSHOWER.COM
    • HOMELAND ASSOCIATES
    • HUGHES SAFETY SHOWERS LTD.
    • HUNTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    • INTELAGARD, INC.
    • INTER-AMERICAN SECURITY PRODUCTS, INC.
    • INTERSTATE PRODUCTS, INC.
    • INTRADO, INC.
      • Intrado Intellectual Property
  • TABLE 20 INTRADO PATENTS BY COUNTRY
  • TABLE 21 INTRADO PATENTS BY YEAR, 2005-2007
  • TABLE 22 INTRADO PATENTS BY PATENT LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 23 INTRADO PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
    • IRON DUCK
    • ITRONIX CORP.
    • L.S. AND SONS
    • L-3 COMMUNICATIONS
    • L-3 Intellectual Property
  • TABLE 24 L-3 PATENTS BY COUNTRY
  • TABLE 25 L-3 PATENTS BY YEAR, 2005-2007
  • TABLE 26 L-3 PATENTS BY PATENT LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 27 L-3 PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
    • LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.
    • LIFESAVING SYSTEMS, INC.
    • LIFETEK ARMOR, INC
    • LION APPAREL
    • Lion Apparel Intellectual Property
  • TABLE 28 LION APPAREL PATENTS BY COUNTRY
  • TABLE 29 LION APPAREL PATENTS BY YEAR, 2000
  • TABLE 30 LION APPAREL PATENTS BY PATENT LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 31 LION APPAREL PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
    • MAJOR INCIDENT RESPONSE
    • MATCON B.V.
    • MATJACK DIVISION
    • MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Maxwell Technologies' Intellectual Property
  • TABLE 32 MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES PATENTS BY COUNTRY
    • TABLE 33 MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES PATENTS BY YEAR, 2001AND 2002
  • TABLE 34 MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES PATENTS BY PATENT LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 35 MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
    • MEDPROTECT INC.
    • MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    • MITI MFG. CO., INC.
    • MORTAN, INC
    • MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO.
    • NATIONAL FIRE FIGHTER CORP
    • NBC-SYS SAS
    • NEW JERSEY ARMOR
    • NOR E FIRST RESPONSE, INC.
    • NOVACENTRE TECHNOLOGIE LTEE
    • OFFICERSTORE.COM
    • OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS INTEGRATION, INC.
    • O-TWO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • OWR AG
    • PACIFIC SAFETY PRODUCTS INC.
    • PENN CARE MEDICAL PRODUCTS
    • POINT BLANK BODY ARMOR INC.
    • PROFESSIONAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS (PPS)
    • PROTECTIVE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL (PPI)
      • LakeLand Industries' Intellectual Property
  • TABLE 36 LAKELAND INDUSTRIES PATENTS BY COUNTRY
  • TABLE 37 LAKELAND INDUSTRIES PATENTS BY YEAR, 1996-2002
  • TABLE 38 LAKELAND INDUSTRIES PATENTS BY PATENT LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 39 LAKELAND INDUSTRIES PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
    • PVP COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    • QUALA-TEL ENTERPRISES
    • RESCUE CONCEPTS, INC.
    • RMC MEDICAL
    • ROCKFORD MEDICAL & SAFETY
    • SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTL. CORP. (SAIC)
      • SAIC's Intellectual Property
  • TABLE 40 SAIC'S PATENTS BY COUNTRY
  • TABLE 41 SAIC'S PATENTS BY YEAR, 2002 AND 2003
  • TABLE 42 SAIC'S PATENTS BY PATENT LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 43 SAIC'S PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
    • SECURITY PRO USA
    • SHANGHAI DONGWEI BODY ARMOR CO.,LTD.
    • SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
    • SINGER ASSOCIATES
    • SKEDCO INC.
    • TACTICAL & SURVIVAL SPECIALTIES, INC.
    • TECH+MED INDUSTRIES
    • TELEVISION EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
    • THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION
    • TYCO FIRE & SAFETY
    • UNION INDUSTRIES
    • V.E. RALPH & SON INC.
    • VIEW SYSTEMS, INC.
• Chapter 6 - AGGREGATE PATENT ANALYSIS
  • PATENTS BY COUNTRY
  • TABLE 44 AGGREGATE PATENTS BY COUNTRY
    • PATENTS BY YEAR
  • TABLE 45 AGGREGATE PATENTS BY YEAR, 1893-2008
    • PATENTS BY LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 46 AGGREGATE PATENTS BY LIFE CYCLE
    • PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
  • TABLE 47 AGGREGATE PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE (TOP 20)
  • TABLE 47 (CONTINUED)
    • PATENTS BY ASSIGNEE
  • TABLE 48 AGGREGATE PATENTS BY ASSIGNEES (TOP 15)
    • PATENTS BY ASSIGNEE (CONTINUED)
    • U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED PATENTS
  • TABLE 49 U.S. GOVERNMENTAL PATENTS BY PATENT LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 50 U.S. GOVERNMENTAL PATENTS BY COUNTRY
  • TABLE 51 U.S. GOVERNMENTAL PATENTS BY YEAR 1989-2007
  • TABLE 52 U.S. GOVERNMENTAL PATENTS BY LIFE CYCLE
  • TABLE 53 U.S. GOVERNMENTAL PATENTS BY YEAR
    • WORLD DISTRIBUTION TRENDS 2008 TO 2013
  • FIGURE 7 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY SALES, 2008 (%)
  • FIGURE 8 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY SALES, 2013 (%)
• Chapter 7 - APPENDIX A - FULL ASSIGNEE TABLE
  • TABLE 54 AGGREGATE PATENTS BY ALL ASSIGNEES
• Chapter 8 - APPENDIX B - FULL ASSIGNEE TABLE
  • TABLE 55 AGGREGATE PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
  • TABLE 55 (CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 56 AGGREGATE PATENTS BY INVENTION TYPE
  • TABLE 56 (CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 57 FULL PATENT LISTING FOR REFERENCE
  • TABLE 58 U.S. PATENT CLASSES