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End users from several EU countries joined the field trial of
ESS and got a first hand experience
regarding the concept and the possibilities ESS can provide to
the crisis management operations.
The Emergency Support System (ESS) provides an efficient ICT
platform for managing crises
evolving in wide geographic areas. The system combines ad-hoc
deployment of in-situ sensors,
mounted in aerial and ground based platforms, for collecting
real-time data in the incident scene.
Data are fused and turned into intelligent information suitable
for supporting crisis management
decisions and relevant action plans. ESS addresses critical
operational requirements of security and
law enforcement services for managing large scale abnormal
events.
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ESS is designed for replying to numerous and di-
verse crisis and emergency situations spanning
from natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsuna-
mis and megafires to complex industrial accidents
and terrorist attacks. The system can be promptly
deployed as is the are applications, web services
and databases, thus enabling the synergy with op-
erational crisis management centers.
Anticipating a crisis by managing the emergency
A proof-of-concept event was organized in
June 2010 at the airfield Bengener Heide in
Neuenahr, Germany. During this test a trial
version of the ESS system was set up accord-
ing to the system architecture design and
tested against a predetermined hypothetical
emergency scenarios.
The results of the trial were very positive and
the ESS ability to cope with complex crisis
events was clearly demonstrated.
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The demonstrated technology can support efficiently tactical and
specific operations of the fire
brigades during emergency and crisis management situations
(Roberto Trapassi, Italian Fire
Brigades - Neuenahr, June 2010
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The use case considered during the field test included a
hypothetical overturn of a truck carrying a toxic cargo,which is
burned and further released a potentially toxic plume, which spread
in the area.
ESS deployed for supporting situation awareness from the
incident scene and creating Common Operational Pic-ture in the
Command Post. The demonstration included the creation of a limited
ad hoc network of chemical and
weather sensors for real-time measurements, launch of UAV for
continuous monitoring of the incident area, dis-
patch of vehicles with GPS trackers for monitoring the position
and activity of the actors in the field, deployment
of unattended ground surveillance unit for providing real time
video to the Command Centre, and set up of a
wireless communication base-station for identifying human
presence in the hot zone. Furthermore traffic situa-
tion and toxic plume spread was simulated. The Incident
Commander followed all the activity in the field using
multiple screens, he assessed potential risks using the
geographic information and the applications provided by
ESS and communicate with the field actors using wireless
communications. Alert messaging to concerned popu-
lation and specific recipient groups using the UAS component of
ESS was demonstrated as well.
Project Coordinator: Gideon HAZZANI, Verint Systems Ltd
Project Officer: Maria SPULBER, European Commission
(Project partially funded by FP7/EC/DG Enterprise) Dissemination
Manager: George EFTYCHIDIS, Algosystems S.A.
Project website: http://www.ess-project.eu
Contact: [email protected]
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