Publication of ASSISTANCE success story on the EC website

Agnieszka Sprońska — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:06:48 +0000

The ASSISTANCE project success story has just been published on the European Commission’s official website. The brief summary of the project achievements with comments form the project coordinator Dr Federico Carvajal Rodrigo is accessible here.

New publication based on ASSISTANCE results in the Fire Technology journal

Agnieszka Sprońska — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:37:21 +0000

A new Open Access research paper prepared by the GIDAI Group of University of Cantabria in collaboration with an international team has recently been published in the Fire Technology journal. The article entitled “Roxborough Park Community Wildfire Evacuation Drill: Data Collection and Model Benchmarking” presents results of the joint research, where the UC’s component developed within the ASSISTANCE project – the Evacuation Management System – has been validated with real mass evacuation data.

The paper is available in the Deliverables and Publications section as well as in ASSISTANCE ZENODO repository.

Publication on ASSISTANCE results on CORDIS

Agnieszka Sprońska — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:17:05 +0000

Short overview of ASSISTANCE project results has recently been published on the Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) platform – the European Commission’s primary source of results from the projects funded by the EU’s framework programmes for research and innovation, from FP1 to Horizon Europe. The brief summary of the project acheivements with comments from the project coordinator Dr Federico Carvajal Rodrigo is accessible here.

Final project review results and publication of deliverables

Agnieszka Sprońska — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:37:33 +0000

The final ASSISTANCE Review Meeting was held in a virtual format on 27^th September 2022. The progress and achievements of the final reporting period (from month 22 until the end of month 39) have been presented to the Project Officer and appointed Reviewers.

The results produced by the ASSISTANCE consortium have been assessed positively, as reflected in the Review Report received on 28^th October 2022 and the project implementation has been evaluated as satisfactory.

All the public deliverables, as accepted by the EC services, have been published in the Deliverables and Publications section as well as in ASSISTANCE ZENODO repository.

New publication from the project in the Health Sciences Quarterly journal

Agnieszka Sprońska — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:43:46 +0000

Research paper related to the innovative methodology and curriculum definition for advanced virtual reality training prepared by the joint forces of AAHD, UPV and NIPV has recently been published in the current volume of the Health Sciences Quarterly journal.

Publication is accesible via ASSISTANCE website at the Deliverables and Publications section as well as in ASSISTANCE ZENODO repository.

Two new publications from the project in Applied Sciences and Safety journals

Agnieszka Sprońska — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 11:16:40 +0000

Two new research papers resulting from the project have been recently prepared by the joint forces of UC, RISE and CEL teams and published in the Open Access journals:

Cuesta A., Alvear D., Carnevale A., Amon F., Gender and Public Perception of Disasters: A Multiple Hazards Exploratory Study of EU Citizens, in: Safety
González-Villa J., Cuesta A., Alvear D., Balboa A., Evacuation Management System for Major Disasters, in: Applied Sciences.

Publications are accesible via ASSISTANCE website at the Deliverables and Publications section as well as in ASSISTANCE ZENODO repository.

“Emergencies, First Responders and Data Protection” workshop by E-Lex

Agnieszka Sprońska — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:58:28 +0000

On 28 July 2022, E-Lex hosted an online event entitled “Emergencies, First Responders and Data Protection“, outlining the most relevant data protection and ethics results. This event was attended by experts and professionals of national companies and the Italian Data Protection Authority, operating in the field of data protection and new technologies: Raffaella D’Alessandro (Consulthink); Thomas Rossi (Eonpass) and Michela Massimi (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali). During the event, also Cyber Ethics Lab (CEL) presented the main ethics results, especially talking about the GELS methodology and the Focus Group activities.

Publication of the ASSISTANCE Final Pilot Demonstration movie

Agnieszka Sprońska — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:16:53 +0000

ASSISTANCE Final Pilot Demonstration was held on Friday, 17 June 2022 at the ‘La Enira’ Police training site near Linares in Spain and its action was based on a terrorist attack scenario.

The whole demonstration session has encompassed five days, starting with technical and organisational preparations, VR training sessions for end-users and a dry run on the day before the final event.

A movie documenting the demonstration session has been published at the project’s You Tube channel: ASSISTANCE Project Pilot 3 – Terrorist attack scenario – Linares, June 2022.

Publication of ASSISTANCE Newsletter 3

Agnieszka Sprońska — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:06:10 +0000

The third issue of ASSISTANCE Newsletter has been published and is available for download here. The Newsletter covers summary of the activities and accomplishments in the final (extended) year of the project implementation and some highlights on the dissemination and clustering activities performed.

Get more to know about ASSISTANCE outcomes and read our Newsletter!

Succesful Final Pilot Demonstration in Linares

Agnieszka Sprońska — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:26:21 +0000

ASSISTANCE Final Pilot Demonstration was held on Friday, 17 June 2022 and it was hosted by Ministerio del Interior – Policia Nacional at the ‘La Enira’ Police training site near Linares in Spain. The event has been organised by FADA-CATEC in cooperation with UPVLC and attended by all partners.

The whole demonstration session has encompassed five days, starting with technical and organisational preparations, VR training sessions for end-users and a dry run on the day before the final event.

Despite the extreme weather conditions in Linares (outdoor temperature over 41^◦C), the event was performed successfully owing to the effort of the organisers and dedication of the participating partners.

The ASSISTANCE system has been tested in a terrorist attack scenario centred around a terrorist command composed by three well trained terrorists equipped with explosive jackets, AK47 machine guns and a drone, conducting an attack in the centre of Seville during the main summer festival of the city. All ASSISTANCE technologies have been validated and the tools and components with the capabilities they offer to the First Responders have been demonstrated and evaluated by the practitioners.

Additionally, ETRA led an exploitation event during the Final Pilot Demonstration. Several first responder organisations were invited to the event to raise awareness about ASSISTANCE solutions, including Valencian Local Police (also representing the RESPOND-A project) and SSG group – the largest ambulance service in Spain.