Innovating Preparedness by Leveraging SYNERGIES and Enhancing Results of DRM Projects (SYNERGIES)

SYNERGIES is a three-year Horizon Europe project in the field of Disaster-Resilient Societies (DRS), which began in December 2023. It aims to connect various stakeholders in the field of disaster management, including emergency services, communities, and businesses, to ensure disaster preparedness and resilience. By creating synergies, the project introduces new …

Digital Village Twin Etteln (DiDoZ)

In the funded project, 5G-based applications are adapted from the urban environment and successfully transferred to rural regions. All digital stand-alone solutions are brought together on an open data platform. In combination with a virtual model of the village, a digital twin is created. The goals of the project are …

Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience (LINKS)

The aim of LINKS is to understand and assess the impact of social media and crowd-sourcing (SMCS) on European resilience to disasters. In the course of the project, a framework will be developed that can be used to understand, assess and manage SMCS in disaster situations. The LINKS framework consists …

Integrated Safety Pilot Region (INSPIRE)

In the field of digitization for civil security, numerous promising individual solutions have emerged over the past few years. However, many individual solutions with different operating concepts, media breaks, partially redundant data, heterogeneous data formats or without integration into existing systems are only of limited use in the case of …

safety days 2019

The safety days 2019 will be held for the first time at the University of Paderborn from 22 to 24 March under the motto “Information technology meets civil safety”. The days are addressed to decision-makers and civil safety forces as well as IT professionals and amateurs. The aim is to …

Intelligent Rescue in the SmartHome (IRiS)

The aim of the research project “Intelligent Rescue in the Smart Home” (IRiS) is to make SmartHome data and functions usable for civil safety purposes. Partners from civil safety and the SmartHome industry investigate issues relating to technology, deployment tactics, acceptance and data protection. New application possibilities are examined from …

Crisis simulation for the collaboration of emergency forces and the population (TEAMWORK)

The preparation for crisis events is time-consuming and expensive. Modern simulation environments and “serious gaming” open up completely new possibilities. The research project “Crisis simulation for the collaboration of emergency forces and the population” (TEAMWORK) investigates how emergency forces and the population can prepare for crisis events together in a …