First Responder Technologies to Demonstrate World’S First Wifi‐ Based Walk‐through Metal Detection Unit at UK Home Office Expo March 3 – 5, 2020
FIRST RESPONDER TECHNOLOGIES TO DEMONSTRATE WORLD’S FIRST WiFi‐
BASED WALK‐THROUGH METAL DETECTION UNIT AT UK HOME OFFICE EXPO
MARCH 3 – 5, 2020
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Vancouver, British Columbia – February 13, 2020 – First Responder Technologies Inc. (“First
Responder” or the “Company”) (CSE: WPN | FWB: 3WK) a developer of WiFi‐based technologies to
detect and deter mass shooting and terror attacks involving concealed weapons, is pleased to
announce that it will be demonstrating its walk‐through metal detection capability using WiFi at the
invitation‐only UK Home Office Expo (Security and Policing 2020) March 3‐5, 2020 in Farnborough,
UK (“UK Home Office Expo”).
The UK Home Office Expo is an invitation‐only event, sponsored by the government of the United
Kingdom, which offers a world‐class opportunity to meet, network and discuss the latest advances in
public safety and security, a global market worth more than $500 billion USD on an annual basis.
The Company’s demonstration of walk‐through WiFi‐based metal detection technology (the “Walk‐
Through Detection Unit”) is the second significant development milestone the Company has
achieved (desktop‐based system, December 2019) toward its goal of delivering a WiFi‐based
concealed weapons detection, minimum viable product before the end of 2020.
A WiFi‐based concealed weapons detection system represents a multibillion‐dollar global
opportunity that could represent a paradigm‐shift in how security professionals anticipate and
respond to mass shooting and terrorist threats involving soft targets, including schools, places of
worship, theatres, stadiums and shopping centres.
The Company is working to advance a fully functioning working prototype for release in May 2020,
which is expected to demonstrate three basic key functions:
The detection of metal concealed in a bag, or on the person of an individual, passing
through the “virtual fence post” bollards (“Metal Detection”);
The estimation of the size and shape of the concealed object (increases probability
of weapons detection and reduces false positives) (“Size and Shape Detection”); and
The trigger of an alarm on a laptop or smartphone carried by a person in authority
with access to the system, enabling him or her to take defensive action (from
interdicting a suspect to locking a door) (“Early Warning”).
The Walk‐Through Detection Unit demonstrated at the UK Home Office event, will showcase both its
Metal Detection and Early Warning capabilities, two of the three functions the Company has
identified as necessary to complete a properly functioning prototype.
The Company continues a robust research and development effort, involving teams led by global
team of PhD‐holding physicists and computer scientists at Rutgers University, VVDN Technologies
Private Limited in India, and Misty West Energy and Transport Ltd. in Canada, to solve the complexity
of the Size and Shape Detection challenge.
Business Development Update
The Company is also pleased to announce that it has signed alpha test agreements with partners in
Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom; given the momentum surrounding the
development of its WiFi business, the Company has decided to delay the development of its pepper
spray program and re‐allocate funds to expedite the advancement of its WiFi technology.
No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this news
release. The securities of the Company have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United
States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold
in the United States, or to or for the account or benefit of any person in the United States, absent
registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release shall
not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any common shares in the United
States, or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Robert F. Delamar”
Robert F. Delamar, CEO
First Responder Technologies Inc.
915 ‐ 700 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC. V6C 1G8
About First Responder Technologies Inc.
First Responder Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) is a technology development company that
commercializes academic and internally developed intellectual property for use in the public
safety market. The Company is developing a WiFi‐based technology, based in part, on academic
research licensed from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”) that can be used
to detect concealed weapons. The Company’s threat detection technology line of business was
created to capture a significant portion of the global weapons detection systems market, and in
particular, the global perimeter security detection market. In the Company’s view, WiFi‐based
threat detection technology may be utilized by a wide range of facilities, including schools, places
of worship, shopping centres and theatres, to not only make their premises secure, but also
reduce their cost of security, from the interior of a facility to the perimeter.
For more information visit: www.firstrespondertech.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and
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