Strengthened capacities of first responders

Enhanced sharing of knowledge and coordination regarding standardisation in the area of crisis management and CBRN-E.

Expected Outcomes: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Methodologies to support product developers in designing customized tools for first responder applications.
Inventory and comparison of existing mobile laboratories, evaluation of quality management systems for maintenance, validation and testing. Identification and evaluation of existing technologies, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.
Guidelines for model-system interfaces, definition of performance parameters for a better evaluation of models and evaluation of different models using these performance parameters.
Evaluation system on how improved decision support may be achieved, and mechanism to test effective ways of treating uncertainties in order to improve decision-making
New solutions for the fast, reliable and unambiguous detection and identification of infectious agents, diagnostic tests, monitoring and mapping of contamination and enhanced field data communication to decision-making authorities. Testing and implementation of most promising user-centered technologies in real-worlds conditions.
Improved real-time detection, tracking and analysis of different situations, incidents and risks
More targeted actionable intelligence and more efficient command operations due to the fast analysis of different information sources
Enhanced European and global interoperability for different types of first responders (e.g. firefighters, medical responders, police, civil protection)