There are over 2 million First Responders in the US and over 4 million world wide whose mission is to save lives, while staying alive themselves. First Responder market comprises of law enforcement, firefighters, emergency workers and federal enforcement officers of government agencies.

Today, First Responders experience a lack of status, condition, location, task, resource, threat, and exit accessibility information, or inability to convey this information among emergency responders (ERs), Strike Teams, and Incident Command (IC) resulting in civilian and responder casualties.

NFPA estimates that 80,100 firefighter injuries occurred in the line of duty in 2005, an increase of 5.6% from the year before.   Almost half (48.6%) of the all firefighter injuries occurred during fire ground operations.

Emerging technologies are critical for meeting the U.S. Fire Administration’s goal: reduce firefighter fatalities by 25% in the next five years. Existing technology allows first responders to monitor their own safety, and to send and receive messages from incident command (IC), however reoccurring failures and user error have led to fatalities.

There is a need for an Advanced 3D Locator System with a navigational technology for locating first responders and law enforcement officers in stressed environments, wherein GPS may be partially or completely denied, with the ability to accurately locate an officer within one meter in both horizontal and vertical planes.

The First Responder market is in the midst of sea change in terms of adoption rates of new technologies that link legacy systems as well as implement next generation solutions. With public and private initiatives, the growth opportunity is enormous for new technologies in the First Responder market.

By 2010, worldwide total available market (TAM) is forecasted to be approximately $ 3-5 billion for a 3D Locator system. Which accounts for a 25-45% penetration rate over a 3-5 year period!