Author: Lorenzo Nerantzis

A series of trainings have taken place the last week to prepare volunteers and officers about the beAWARE test event about floods on 7 March in Città di Vicenza. Participants were coming from various civil protection organisations like the Municipal Civil Protection, the National Alpine Association, and the National Carabinieri Association. The volunteers will participate in the event on 7 March, communicating information and receiving operational indications from the Municipal Operative Center (COC) through a special app. During the meeting the technicians of the Municipality of Vicenza and of the River Basin Authority of the Eastern Alps district illustrated the functionalities of the app.

  One week to go for our flood pilot in Vicenza! We are all excited to test the platform functionalities & tools we have developed in real-case flood scenarios!! Here are two short videos summarizing the technology to manage the emergencies from floods developed in beAWARE H2020 Project which will be tested on March 7th and some more information on what will happen that day! https://www.facebook.com/COWM2018/posts/1264504727034281 https://www.facebook.com/COWM2018/videos/2239950602912782/

📢Less than 2 weeks are left from our flood pilot in Vicenza!! The large-scale exercise event will test beAWARE's platform functionalities and crisis management tools as a response to flooding events!! Check also our YouTube channel to stay tuned on the latest updates! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoogTOO-dmd4JSS47gC1nGw

  Our beAWARE workshop and plenary meeting were concluded today after some engaging discussions and presentations regarding the beAWARE project and the functionalities of its platform. All the presentations had some interesting enquires from the participants! We would like to thank our partner Beredskab FBBR for the hospitality, the tours on the premises, and for the nice hat gift!🚒 🎩

  👉Do you want to learn more about drones and the enormous capabilities they offer in Crisis Management?? Then read this very interesting article on "Crowdsourcing Drones for Crisis Management" written by our distinguished partner IBM. 📢This article provides a lot of information regarding beAWARE, and how the drones can add a new dimension to the emergency response system! http://ibmsystemsmag.com/power/trends/ibmresearch/crowdsourcing-drones/?fbclid=IwAR1T1HsFXKMSQL3kY1JaN_pp0Ks-AYVkp2pRZHMK3fT3UWBaICwWhvPzLf0http://ibmsystemsmag.com/…/ibmresearch/crowdsourcing-drones/

  Frederiksborg Fire & Rescue Service is a partner in the beAWARE project, which overall goal is to promote an integrated solution to support forecasting, early warnings, transmission and routing of the emergency data, aggregated analysis of multimodal data and manage the coordination between the first responders and the authorities. beAWARE will be developed to provide support in all the phases of an emergency incident caused from extreme weather conditions (floods, fire, droughts etc.) using a wide variety of technologies and tools to assist the work of disaster planners and emergency responders. All in all, it makes You able to accurately determine what has happened, what is happening now, and what will come next, all in order to plan and coordinate the most effective response possible with the resources available.…

  An enormous THANK YOU to all the participants of our first Webinar in English where we presented our project and the result of the heatwave pilot! Hope you enjoyed our presentation and to stay in touch for the many future activities of beAWARE!

  📢📢📢 Tomorrow is our Webinar...!!!!📆Tuesday 15 of January 2019, 10:30 CET. CERTH Policía Local Valencia Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona FMI Beta Fraunhofer IOSB ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΟΜΑΔΑ ΔΙΑΣΩΣΗΣ-HELLENIC RESCUE TEAM מוטורולה סולושנס Motorola Solutions Israel IBM Israel @frederiksborgbrandogredning. To join the meeting follow the link: https://zoom.us/j/3323143367

  Save the Date!! Next week, Tuesday the 15th of January, beAWARE H2020 project organizes a Webinar where the results of the first heatwave pilot in Thessaloniki will be presented. You are invited to participate and encouraged to provide your insights and views regarding the crisis management platform that the project is currently developing! Time: 10.30 CET, estimated duration: 45-60'

  Σε 4ημέρες θα πραγματοποιηθεί το πρώτο webinar του beAWARE στα Ελληνικά, την επόμενη Τρίτη στις 11:30 το πρωί. Για να συνδεθείτε ακολουθήστε τον παρακάτω σύνδεσμο   https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/…  Μείνετε συντονισμένοι....