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Rescue and Catastrophy Recovery : our projects
Following the Tsunami disaster in December 2004 we have collected the projects related to rescue and catastrophy recovery from our project portfolio.
Projects relevant for major emergency or disaster support
The use of advanced ICT supporting collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams can be relevant in several aspects of handling a emergency: immediate rescue; logistics for support; provision of support for healthcare teams etc; restoration of basic infrastructure; and beyond.
You can find all the fact sheets of these project in the CORDIS database, by typing in their acronym.
Rescue work
4 projects with total funding of 29,810,000 €
| project acronym | content |
|---|---|
| SHARE |
Mobile support for rescue forces, integrating mobile modes of operation
(FP6 004218) - develops advanced mobile services to support rescue forces during their operation (includes audio, video, text & graphics as well as location information). Partners include Dortmund Fire Service. |
| WearIT@Work |
Support of mobile work by wearable computing (FP6 004216) – develops new wearable mobile computing that supports working on complex tasks. Partners include Paris Fire Service and Rosenbauer Intl, maker of fire service and rescue equipment. |
| LIAISON |
Location based services (LBS) for the enhancement of working environments
(FP6 511766) – preparation of European market in LBS for launch of Galileo. Co-ordinator Alcatel space, among the scenarios for validation are fire brigade intervention (partner - Italian Ministry responsible for Fire Services) and incident management (partner - West Sussex Police UK). |
| AMIRA |
Advanced multi-modal intelligence for remote assistance (FP6 511740) – improves access and resources available to support urgent and critical diagnostics and decision making by mobile field workers in safety critical events. Partners include UK Fire Services College. |
Logistics and support
3 projects with total funding of 8,118,000 €:
| project acronym | content |
|---|---|
| POMPEI |
Peer to peer location and presence mobile services for managing crisis
and disaster situations (FP6 511556) – integrates P2P, workflow, location. presence and mobile collaborative work services for innovative support of mobile teams in crisis management. Validation partners include Athens airport and Romanian Electricity Utility. |
| RIMSAT |
Remote intelligent management support & training (IST-2000-28655) – integrated innovative knowledge engineering techniques and validated in a safety-critical environment. Partners included West Midlands and London Fire Service in UK, created user group representing 65 organisations from across Europe involved in critical incident management. |
| X-MOB |
Extreme mobility (IST-2001-37789) – developed a Pan-European ASP-Oriented Open Mobile Platform, validated in scenarios including emergency healthcare application and access to emergency command & control. Partners included ambulance services, vehicle manufacturer. |
Other related projects
2 projects with total funding of 2,515,000 €:
| project acronym | content |
|---|---|
| AEGIS |
Ability Enlargement for Geophysicists and Information technology
Specialists (IST-2000-26450) – has been involved in the training of earth scientists in the use of advanced IT, including the modelling of seismic hazards and volcanic eruption hazards. |
| MOSAIC |
Mobile Worker Support Environments: Aligning Innovation in Mobile
Technologies, Applications and Workplaces for Location-Independent Cooperation
and Networking (FP6 004341) One of the AMI@Work communities supported by the MOSAIC has a group on Living Labs which plans to respond to the recent Asian disaster. |
More projects
| project acronym | content |
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| ORCHESTRA |
Developing a Unified Open Architecture for Risk Management Applications Presentation by Borja Izquierdo Alonso, Atos Origin sae (.pfd, 2863 KB) |
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| Last update: 24/11/2006 | |