ADAPTED SITUATION AWARENESS TOOLS AND TAILORED TRAINING SCENARIOS FOR INCREASING CAPABILITIES AND ENHANCING THE PROTECTION OF FIRST RESPONDERS

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ASSISTANCE (ADAPTED SITUATION AWARENESS TOOLS AND TAILORED TRAINING SCENARIOS FOR INCREASING CAPABILITIES AND ENHANCING THE PROTECTION OF FIRST RESPONDERS)

Okres sprawozdawczy: 2021-02-01 do 2022-07-31

The problem is that, currently in the majority of the cases, European FRs organizations do not count on the necessary innovations already available in the market, novel devices, advanced training approaches and so on. The consequences of this fact are completely disastrous, with hundreds of FRs dead or severely injured all over Europe, large number of potentially avoidable victims, and a growing insecurity and vulnerability feeling among the EU society when it faces severe disasters.

The outcomes of the ASSISTANCE will benefit all sectors of society aiming to improve the security and the resilience of the different first responders’ organizations against new threats and large disasters. ASSISTANCE will increase the global security and safety level for the FRs but also for the population living affected by large disasters, since the more prepared and secure the FRs teams are the quicker resolution of the incident will be.

The main ASSISTANCE objective is twofold, on the one hand the project will protect and help the different FRs organizations that work together during the mitigation of large disasters (Natural or Man-made) and on the other hand ASSISTANCE will improve the FRs capabilities and skills for facing these kind of events.

All technical capabilities stated in the DoA have been developed and tested in a controlled environment during the project three pilots performed in Izmir (Turkey), Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Linares (Spain)

All project objectives have been accomplished at the end of the project, even though a project extension of three months was approved due to Covid 19 restirctions, which affected the project pilots final schedule.

During whole project all develoments stated in the DoA and milestones have been achieved successfully:

User requirements: The complete set of user requirements was completed, assessed and prioritize.
System architecture: The ASSISTANCE system architecture was designed and implemented. The architecture described in detail all data exchanges among the different ASSISTANCE modules.
Sensors Abstraction Service (SAS): All logical interfaces needed for the information exchange stated in the project architecture were designed and implemented. This middelware was created for ensuring the correct information exchange through the Sensors Abstraction Service (SAS).
Unmanned platforms and control devices integrated:
ASSISTANCE communication network ready: The necessary communication network for providing connectivity to the FRs in the more hostile environment was designed and implemented also during the first reproting period. Milestone 5 of the project. Some related images can be seen in figure 10 to 12
Situation Awareness Platform (SAP): The SAP was completely adapted and improved during the reproting period. All ASSISTANCE modules, mobile platforms and sensors were integrated and visualized sucessfully in the SAP for increasing the FRs situation awareness. S
Wearable sensors integration and visualization: The wearable sensors that will be used by the FRs during the pilots (e.g. GPS, vital signs and video cameras) were also selected and integrated in the SAP. Some related images can be seen in figures 17 and 18
CBRN Hazard Tool (CHT): This module was completely developed and integrated in the SAP during the reporting period. One related image can be seen in figure 19.
Chemical sensors integration and visualization: The visualization of the measurements taken by the chemical sensors mounted in the drones has been developved according the FRs advice and requirements. One related image is figure 21
Damaged Assets Location & Routing (DAL&R): This module was completely developed and integrated in the SAP during the reporting period. One image of this module can be seen in figure 22
Mobile SA platform: The mobile version of the SAP has been also developed and tested.
Advanced Video Fusion Module: This module was completely developed and integrated in the SAP during the reporting period. One image of this module can be seen in figure 24
ASSISTANCE training methodology and the training curricula have been produced during the reporting period. Based on the methodology and the curricula description the training contents for the theoretical training including the VR platforms and scenarios descriptions were stated and published in the project Moodle server. FRs selected teams are currently performed this online theoretical training.
The VR platforms were completely adapted and were tested on line (Subject 5) and in three dedicated training workshops (Subjects 6 to 8) included in the three project pilots activities. Some images of this training workshops can be see in figures 25 to 28.
The whole ASSISTANCE system was completely integrated and tested by the FRs during the three project pilots under a controlled environment facing realistic scenarios.
All project deliverables were submitted on time during the whole project, except two extensions of 6 months for D4.3 and D4.5 due to Covid 19 restrictions and constrains. These extension were approved by the PO.
In the RP2 the ASSISTANCE consortium has performed over 130 of different types of communication and dissemination activities that are summarised in detail in deliverable D9.5. As the SARS-COV-19 pandemic persisted, majority of the dissemination activities planned by the ASSISTANCE team were affected and a lot of events have been postponed or cancelled, such as e.g. the Security Research Event 2022, where the project was to be presented in a dedicated booth. However, all the project partners devoted efforts to continue the dissemination activities in these new circumstances, refocusing and seeking opportunities in the types of communication and dissemination that does not rely on physical attendance, e.g. online events/activities or preparation of research publications (7 papers published, 7 media releases, >80 internet/social media activities, >30 events (including online) attendance and project/research papers/ poster presentations (trade fairs/industry shows conferences etc.) as well as local events (workshop/seminars) and clustering activities with other projects..

The manin ASSISTANCE innovations beyond the state of the art are as follows:
Advanced Video Fusion module
Hostile drone neutralization
Provide network coverage through the use of swarms of drones
CBRD hazard evolution
Real time damaged assets location and visualization including intelligent routing
Creation of a dedicated training network for FRs based on virtual, mixed and augmented reality

All these innovations stated in the DoA have been accomplished during the project life cycle and tested successfully during the project pilots.

The major impact of ASSISTANCE will be to help and protect different FRs organizations and training them in order to increase their capabilities and efficiency for facing large disasters (natural or man-made) in a more secure manner.
An important impact on FRs team is the increase of the quality of working conditions and their safety at work. Thanks to ASSISTANCE objectives 2 and 3 the protection measures for FRs and the working conditions will be safer and the probabilities of incidents will be lower.
ASSISTANCE will increase the global security and safety level for the FRs but also for the population affected by large disasters, since the more prepared and secure the FRs teams are the quicker resolution of the incident will be.

Cutter extinguisher integrated in PIAP Gryf robot

Trellis terminal integrated in the Communication Hub

Robot integrated in the SAP

Video fusion module visualization in the SAP HMI

Drone selected for the second project pilot

Details of the KaLMA antenna mounted on the roof of the Communication Hub

Drone selected for the first project pilot

Visualization of a video from a drone in real time in the SAP HMI

Gas measurements visualized in the SAP HMI

Detail of the gas sensor integrated in the Matrice 210 drone

Drone selected for the third project pilot

Evolution of a toxic plume visualized in the SAP HMI

ASSISTANCE Communication Hub vehicle

Secure routes avoiding contaminated areas displayed in the SAP HMI

ASSISTANCE system architecture schema

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ASSISTANCE (ADAPTED SITUATION AWARENESS TOOLS AND TAILORED TRAINING SCENARIOS FOR INCREASING CAPABILITIES AND ENHANCING THE PROTECTION OF FIRST RESPONDERS)

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