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Catalog of Skills

The Skills on our Team

The aggregated skills of our volunteers are extensive and help the organization collaborate with others and assist infrastructure owners with their readiness.  Specific consultants and contractors are identified in the COTS Services Section and should be the primary source of seeking assistance; however, if you cannot find what you are looking for in the COTS Services Section of the website, please contact us at info@fir.foundation and we may be able to provide assistance for the list of skillsets below.


The Skillsets of our Members is Extensive

Strategic and Operational Expertise

  • Strategic Planning: Military, Civilian, Simple to Complex
  • Military & Security: Military Operations, Military support to Civilian Authorities, grid-down survival, counterterrorism, intelligence gathering,  investigations,  security for faith-based organizations
  • Emergency Response & Disaster Relief: Mass casualty incidents, disaster relief, urban search and rescue,  advanced medical care, Drone/UAS FAA License
  • Government & International Affairs:  Working with state governments, international organizations,  navigating global issues
  • Supply Chain & Logistics: Managing supply chains, transportation sectors,  international logistics

Technical and Scientific

  •  Energy & Infrastructure: Water, electric power grids, energy systems, microgrids,  grid security,  electromagnetic protection, nuclear and renewable power 
  • Engineering & Construction: Construction, industrial engineering, IT development, water treatment,  Geographic Information Systems,  Project Manager Gov. Systems,  prototypes for patents and small run production when needed,  electromagnetic protection, nuclear and renewable power,  
  • Environmental & Chemical: Analytical chemistry, hazardous waste management, geology, emerging threats like illicit drugs and foreign diseases.
  • Medical & Health: Public health, medical readiness, tactical emergency care, and veterinary services 
  • Geological Sciences: Oil-source rock correlation (uses organic biomarkers and geochemistry)


Communication and Information

  •  Cybersecurity & Information Technology: Cyber security, information technology,  OSINT/SOCMINT/GEOINT/IMINT/SIGINT,  Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Method (OOSEM), Systems Modeling Language (SysML),  
  • Communication & Radio:  Ham radio operation,  various communication technologies,  satellite and cellular communications, c-UAS 
  • Decision Support & Analysis: Decision support, technology integration,  crisis mapping
  • Forensic & Investigation: Expertise in forensic crime scene analysis and investigation

Threat Mitigation

  •  EMP, HEMP:  Microgrids, Energy Systems, Grid Down Survival, Geographic Information: Systems (GIS), Computer Aided Design (CAD), Geospatial Intelligence Mapping and 3D Visualization, Aerial and Satellite Photography, LIDAR, Emergency Operation Support, Interoperable Communications Voice, Data, Video Streaming, 3D Modeling and Simulation VR, AR, Mixed Reality, Sensor Integration ,  Catastrophe modeling, risk management, risk modelling, Software development, Mathematics and Statistics, Cyber insurance operational risk, (Re)insurance, insurance,  HEMP e1 calculator  
  • AI: Decision support, technology integration,  crisis mapping
  •  Espionage, Sabotage, Sedition, Subversion:  Counterintelligence,  Intelligence Collection, Investigations, Surveillance, Collection Management,  
  • Environmental Incident Clean Up:  CBRNE, Vital Signs, Thermal, Optical, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Uncrewed Systems UAS, UMV, UGV, Robotics, Digital Video Recording, Editing and Production, Digital Audio Recording


                                                                                                             

Civil-Military-Humanitarian Decision Support for Complex Operations

  • Operating Picture Systems Integration
  • Mission Planning
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Computer Aided Design (CAD)
  • Geospatial Intelligence Mapping and 3D Visualization
  • Aerial and Satellite Photography
  • LIDAR
  • Emergency Operation Support
  • Interoperable Communications Voice, Data, Video Streaming
  • 3D Modeling and Simulation VR, AR, Mixed Reality
  • Sensor Integration (CBRNE, Vital Signs, Thermal, Optical)
  • Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
  • Uncrewed Systems UAS, UMV, UGV, Robotics
  • Digital Video Recording, Editing and Production

FIR Global has multiple experts and relationships for:

  • Space; specifically space weather, launch vehicles, re-entry vehicles. Indirectly, satellites and related systems, but it's one step removed in our network.
  • Water; Harvesting it past/present/future, cleansing it in in three new ways, nano-scaling it, making it purer 
  • Advanced non-metallic materials
  • Compliance (private, government, security, quality, safety, export, hazardous, etc.)
  •  Various aspects of computing across a very broad number of global clients served, industries, and governments
  •  International awareness and ability in some cases to unofficially verify information
  •  Intellectual property
  • Manufacturing
  •  Telecommunications
  • Electrical grids (we got some added recent depth here in the form of an 8c org with its own qualified electrical crews)


Experience with and Knowledge of the Following Countries

European and Mediterranean Countries:

  • Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, England, Germany, France, Italy, Israel, Cyprus

African Countries

  • Cote d‘Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia

North and South American Countries

  • Canada, Bolivia, Columbia, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico

Asia Countries

  • Australia, New Zealand, South Korea

Adversarial Countries

  • Russia, China

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