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 …
Today the Integrated Security-Pilot-Region (INSPIRE) was presented at the Virtual Fires Congress 2020. The event covered a wide range of highly topical issues: How can the numerous individual solutions in public safety and security be connected with each other? What role do open interfaces and standardization play in this? How …
On July 15, the Minister of Economics and Digital Affairs, Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, visited the digital model region OWL to find out about the activities of the projects supported in the region. Since 2018, a total of 13 projects in the digital model region have been funded by the …
On 9th July 2020 the workshop for the study “Digital Transformation in Civil Security” took place. Representatives from the fields of standardisation, economy, research and civil security met virtually to actively discuss different aspects of digital transformation. The workshop began with an introduction of the participants to the current status …
Here we go! On June 25 and 26, 2020, 40 participants from the 15 project partners and two associated partners met for a virtual kick-off meeting in the research project “Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience” (LINKS). The focus was on getting to know each other, …
Since the current situation does not allow an exchange of presence as usual and digitisation has taken on a new significance in society in recent times, the conference “Digitisation in Local Communities” took place virtually on 19th June 2020. After the visitors were welcomed via stream by Prof. Dr. Andreas …
The first digital work meeting of the Integrated Security Pilot Region (INSPIRE) project took place on 24th April 2020. Due to the prevailing corona pandemic, the meeting was held as a video conference. The meeting started with a live demonstration of the previous results. The scenario was the support of …
Can SmartHomes help save lives? The fire departments of Borchen and Paderborn tested this last month as part of the IRiS (“Intelligent Rescue in SmartHome”) project. In the project, partners from civil emergency response, research and the SmartHome industry are jointly investigating how modern technology can help save lives and …
The Association for the Promotion of German Fire Protection and the safety innovation center have launched a study entitled “Digital Transformation in Civil Emergency Response”. The aim of the study is to examine the current state of digitisation in civil emergency response. In addition, research will be conducted into how …
Is the digital transformation in civil security lagging behind development (e.g. in relation to the economy)? Does this mean that optimal procedures are not used to save human lives and protect property? How much hidden potential still exists here? At the end of 2019, the study “Digital Transformation in Civil …
