Integrating communications for enhanced environmental risk management and citizens safety

Objective

The CHORIST project will propose solutions to increase rapidity and effectiveness of interventions following natural hazards and industrial accidents, in order to enhance citizens' safety and communications between rescue actors.

The main objective is to develop a system made of the following subsystems:
1. A fully integrated, reliable and performing alert chain delivering alerts to authorities with inputs from heterogeneous sensors, disparate agencies and citizens;
2. Heterogeneous communication means (radio, TV, sirens, GSM) to dispatch messages from authorities to as many citizens as possible within the crisis area and with limited delay;
3. Secured, rapidly deployable and interoperable voice and high data-rate telecommunication systems (incl. ad-hoc networks) for in the field risk response teams.

A CHORIST system, addressing the different phases of crisis management (monitoring, preparation and response) will be designed to work with:
- The upstream systems used in the prevention and forecast phases,
- The downstream crisis management systems, i.e. Command and Control systems.
Interoperability with these systems, legacy or future, will be an essential criterion.

The CHORIST project will:
i) Involve users (Civil Protection Authorities, citizens and telecommunication operators) all along the project life, in order get their requirements and their feedback on the ongoing technical developments;
ii) Derive technical requirements from the user inputs, then develop the three subsystems (alert chain subsystem, message dispatch subsystem and rapidly deployable subsystem) and finally integrate them into one CHORIST system;
iii) Set up a demonstration in Spain to validate the proposed concepts and assess performances;
iv) Promote the project to the broader scientific and user community (knowledge dissemination, standardisation, impact assessment and exploitation)

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › telecommunications network
• social sciences › sociology › governance › crisis management

Programme(s)

• FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Topic(s)

• IST-2005-2.5.12 - ICT for Environmental Risk Management

Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

EADS SECURE NETWORKS

Address

1 Boulevard Jean Moulin, Zac De La Clef Saint Pierre
78990 Elancourt
France

Participants (16)

ACISION NEDERLAND B.V.

Netherlands

Address

Merweplein 5-13
3432GN Nieuwegein

AVANTI COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

74 Rivington Street
EC2A 3AY London

BAPCO LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

Newland House, The Point, Weaver Road
LN6 3QN Lincoln

EADS DEFENCE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS

France

Address

1 Boulevard Jean Moulin - Zac De La Clef Saint Pierre
78990 Elancourt

EADS SECURE NETWORKS OY

Finland

Address

Hiomotie 32
00380 Helsinki

ELSAG DATAMAT S.P.A.

Italy

Address

Via Puccini Giacomo 2
16154 Genova

EUROPEAN EMERGENCY NUMBER ASSOCIATION ASBL

Belgium

Address

Avenue Louise 262
Bruxelles

INSTITUT EURECOM

France

Address

2229 Route Des Cretes - Sophia Antipolis
06560 Valbonne

JOINT RESEARCH CENTER - EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Belgium

Address

1049 Brussels

KOMCENTRA SRO

Czechia

Address

Dejvicka 33
16000 Praha 6

STICHTING PLATFORM MOBILE MESSAGING

Netherlands

Address

Van Diemenstraat 94
1013CN Amsterdam

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT

Netherlands

Address

Stevinweg 1
Delft

TEKNILLINEN KORKEAKOULU

Finland

Address

Otakaari 1
02015 Espoo

THALES COMMUNICATIONS S.A.

France

Address

160 Boulevard De Valmy
92700 Colombes

TRADIA TELECOM, S.A.

Spain

Address

Calle Motors 392
08908 Hospitalet De Llobregat

VODAFONE ESPANA S.A.

Spain

Address

Avenida Europa 1, Parque Empresarial La Moraleja
28108 Alcobendas