Project description
Latest technologies to help first responders
Climate change and industrial accidents can create challenging environments for first responders when they are called in to deal with an incident or crisis. The EU-funded RESPOND-A project aims to develop technologies based on 5G wireless communications, augmented and virtual reality or autonomous robots to optimise first responders’ work. Thanks to RESPOND-A, first responders will have the opportunity to test these technologies and see how efficiently they can be applied within the framework of diverse disaster scenarios. With these technological advances, first responders will be able to better predict and assess the incidents and to safeguard themselves before, during and after disasters.
Objective
With the evolving threat of climate change and the consequences of industrial accidents to becoming more severe, there is an increasing need for First Responders to access reliable and agile information management systems that offer as higher Situational Awareness and better Common Operational Picture. To match with current trends, the RESPOND-A project aims at developing holistic and easy-to-use solutions for First Responders by bringing together the complementary strengths of its Investigators in 5G wireless communications, Augmented and Virtual Reality, autonomous robot and unmanned aerial vehicle coordination, intelligent wearable sensors and smart monitoring, geovisual analytics and immersive geospatial data analysis, passive and active localisation and tracking, and interactive multi-view 360o video streaming. The synergy of such cutting-edge technological advancements is likely to provide high-end and continuous flows of data, voice and video information to First Responders and their Command & Control Centres for predicting and assessing the various incidents readily and reliably, and saving lives more efficiently and effectively, while maximising the safeguarding of themselves, before, during and after disasters. To this end, RESPOND-A envisions at exercising First Responders for getting familiar with the project technological outcomes, and demonstrating their real-world performance and effectiveness in the classified training facilities of our Responder Partners under hydrometeorological, geophysical and technological disaster scenarios.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata science
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationstelecommunications networksmobile network5G
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdrones
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresoftware applicationsvirtual reality
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78990 Elancourt
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82234 Wessling Oberpfaffenhofen
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15341 Agia Paraskevi
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20009 Donostia San Sebastian
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08034 Barcelona
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82205 Gilching
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N20 0RA London
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46980 Paterna
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34149 Trieste
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IG1 4TD London
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194 00 KOROPI
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3527 GV Utrecht
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2003 Nicosia
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1101 NICOSIA
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5616 LZ Eindhoven
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08460 Santa Maria De Palautordera
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1010 Nicosia
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08552 Taradell
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46024 Valencia
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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46002 Valencia
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1081 Nicosia
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122 43 EGALEO
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1574 Sofia
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59100 Prato
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85000 Bar
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15500 Holargos, Athens
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1149-019 Lisboa
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4000 Plovdiv
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1784 Sofia
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1784 Sofia
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6051 Larnaca
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20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN
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