Objective Although avalanches, earthquakes and collapsed buildings are claiming an increasing death toll due to urbanisation, climate change and tourism, Search and Rescue (SAR) operations are limited and expensive. Even research efforts for Search and Rescue services are relatively unimportant due to the specific and therefore limited market for existing products. The main limitations of existing SAR methods are their inefficiency, time involvement and costly as they are very directional and limited in range and accuracy. In addition, their usage is complex and requires intense training and sophisticated methodology or even resorting to a specialised team. Therefore, there is an urgent need for developing a unique, easy-to-use, cost-efficient, safe and reliable tool in order to locate victims who are buried under debris or snow, providing accuracy of their position in a swift way.As experiences from disaster situations show than most of the victims carried mobile phones with them, the aim of the RescueCell project is to develop a novel accurate location system based on mobile signal measurements in order to create a cost-effective and portable kit for emergency search services, easy to be to be installed and used. The SMEs participating in this project will greatly benefit from exploiting the RescueCell application for the location of cell phones worldwide. The RescueCell system is expected to lead to significantly faster searches in SAR missions resulting in finding more survivors, and also in reducing the related SAR cost proportionally. Apart from money savings due to the lower SAR operation cost, and reduction in hospitalization costs, there is also the value of a life or health that cannot be quantified. If this technology saves lives, this research will undoubtedly be worth an investment. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyseismologyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phonesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2012-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2012 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator NTRAM GENERAL S.A. Address Calle victor pradera 45 08940 Cornella de llobregat barcelona Spain See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Anna Szathmáry (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 63 066,71 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all RUBIN INFORMATIKAI ZARTKORUEN MUKODO RT Hungary EU contribution € 269 270,68 Address Egressy utca 21 1149 Budapest See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Denes Meszaros (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SMI GMBH Participation ended Germany EU contribution € 130 324,57 Address Untere burgbergstrasse 382 98663 Bad colberg heldburg See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Metter Joachim (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window MIRA TELECOM SRL Romania EU contribution € 275 427,44 Address Doamna ghica street scara 3 etaj 7 ap 87 sector 2 12 022834 Bucuresti See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lucian Andrei (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ENGINEERISK SAS France EU contribution € 276 821,01 Address Voie magellan 354 parc d activite alpespace 73800 Sainte helene du lac See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Berthet-Rambaud Philippe (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Ministry of Administration and Interior Participation ended Romania EU contribution € 4 221,04 Address Str. razoare nr. 5 050506 Bucharest See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Laurenţiu Costinceanu (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA Spain EU contribution € 20 649,58 Address Calle jordi girona 31 08034 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mercè Torrellas (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ELLINIKI OMADA DIASOSIS SOMATEIO Greece EU contribution € 32 484,10 Address Emm papa 5 54 248 Thessaloniki See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Angela Sachpazaridou (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INSPECTORATULUI GENERAL PENTRU SITUATII DE URGENTA Romania EU contribution € 7 718,64 Address Banul dumitrache str. 46 023756 Bucharesti See on map Region Macroregiunea Trei Bucureşti-Ilfov Bucureşti Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Laurentiu Costinceanu (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
