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A novel integrated SYstem of Systems streNgthening tEchnical and logistical capacities to ensure better Response to emerGencies by synergIStically addrEssing FRs capability gaps

Project description

Tools and services enhance collaboration and effectiveness of first response teams

Natural and human-caused emergencies and disasters are chaotic and evolve rapidly in time and often over large spatial scales. First responders need more advanced capabilities for situational awareness and effective collaborative response. The ambitious EU-funded SYNERGISE project aims to address this need with comprehensive tools and services. These will enable autonomous indoor and outdoor site exploration for victim identification, responder location and vital signs, as well as passive and active threat analysis. They will also facilitate the continuous sharing of this information for collaborative response as well as incident and resource management. The toolkit will adhere to the strictest privacy, ethical, security and legal constraints.

Objective

SYNERGISE will design, develop, integrate, deploy, test, validate and demonstrate a Novel Integrated Toolkit for Collaborative Response and Enhanced Situational Awareness (NIT-CRES), at the service of response agencies which ensures an upgrade to managing of complex incidents. This will comprise a multitude of tools and services required for: 1) boosting situational awareness and sense-making by offering them the means to autonomously and synergistically perform indoor and outdoor exploration of incident sites towards victim identification whilst receiving at all times information about responders’ position and vitals as well as analyses of passive and active threats and hazards at the area of operations and 2) upgrading collaborative response and incident as well resources management by continuously sharing and updating the common operational picture across deployed teams, among the chain of command and between participating agencies. The NIT-CRES armors the FRs at all fronts by delivering novel, affordable, accepted, and customized response tools and services as part of their operational assets. Notably, the toolkit abides to privacy, ethical, security and legal constraints by design, considers an increased degree of inclusiveness for its operators and its set-up facilitates collaborative response addressing standard operating procedures. The NIT-CRES will be provided at the service of the search and rescue personnel, fire brigades, emergency medical, police and civil protection agencies for extensive testing, training and validation (at component and Toolkit levels) in the framework of a rich Integration, Testing and Validation Activities Programme – of Round Tables (RTs), Collaborative Lab Tests (CLTs), Technical Integration Workshop (TIWS), Component Field Tests (CFTs) and System Field Tests (SFTs) – towards empowering collaborative response and handling of complex incidents to its fullest.

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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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BUNDESANSTALT TECHNISCHES HILFSWERK
Net EU contribution

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€ 771 079,56
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PROVINZIALSTRASSE 93
53127 Bonn
Germany

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Region
Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt
Activity type
Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
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