INDIGO

Innovative Training & Decision Support for Emergency operations

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The INDIGO project aims to research, develop and validate an innovative system integrating the latest advances in Virtual Reality, Simulation and Artificial Intelligence in order to homogenise and enhance both the operational preparedness and the management of an actual complex crisis. It will enable: * the 3D interactive and realistic visualisation of the complete crisis environment, including data coming from the field, simulation results, and building interiors. * the simulation of different evolving scenarios for planning, training, and anticipating future states and impending developments during operations, and analyse events after the crisis. * the simultaneous training of decision makers, crisis managers as well as first responders and emergency field units that will be influenced by the simulated scenario and that will reciprocally influence its evolution. * the simultaneous involvement of multiple participants, thanks to its distributed architecture, while offering a unique pictorial way of sharing and communicating complex knowledge across organisation boundaries. In addition, INDIGO will propose a European emergency symbology reference for 2D/3D maps. This will fill an important gap by offering a common visual reference that can be used across Europe to facilitate the immediate and general understanding of the situation, thus improving decision making across organisational boundaries. The definition of the functional specifications of the system will be driven by the analysis of the needs of real end-users participating in the project as partners or involved in the INDIGO User Group. These organisations will test and validate the outcomes of the project with real-world scenarios and multiple emergency organisations. By the end of the project a packaged system integrating all the proposed technologies will have been developed and provided to them under two versions for purpose of validation and refinement of needs and specifications.'

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A crisis training and crisis management system has been developed that enables public authorities to better plan and train organisations and crisis managers for emergency situations.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Fast and effective emergency planning can save lives when disasters strike in the form of fires, flooding, industrial accidents and terrorist attacks. Urban and industrial areas are most vulnerable because of their high population density, built-up environment and presence of major infrastructures.

The EU-funded 'Innovative training & decision support for emergency operations' (http://indigo.diginext.fr/EN/index.html (INDIGO)) project built on the work of earlier initiatives to revolutionise the way in which such threats are managed. This was achieved through the training of security organisations, the design of suitable emergency plans and the efficient handling of crisis management procedures.

INDIGO developed an innovative system based on state-of-the-art virtual reality, simulation and artificial intelligence that improved the operational preparedness and management of complex crisis situations. The system can provide 3D interactive visualisation of the disaster scene, including information from the field, simulation results and the interiors of buildings.

The system also enables different scenarios to be created for planning, training and anticipating future conditions and impending developments during the operation. It can also be used for conducting post-event analysis. Furthermore, INDIGO allows the simultaneous training of decision makers, crisis managers and first responders using simulated scenarios to communicate and share complex information between different organisations.

Project partners also released the Emergency Symbology Set, following a detailed analysis of the needs of crisis managers. The set is for use with 2D and 3D maps to improve decision making across organisational boundaries by facilitating immediate understanding of crisis situations.

Consortium members tested the operational and training capability of the system in two real-life situations. During Veteran's day in the Netherlands, police used the INDIGO operational system to monitor and report information between the mobile and stationary control centres, in parallel with their monitoring system. French fire fighters in La Haye will trial the system for operational purposes and for training purposes within their organisation and for international organisation training.

The INDIGO system offers an essential and integrated tool for training personnel, planning operations, and facilitating crisis management and cooperation across organisations and nations. It will therefore play a vital role in protecting and aiding EU citizens in emergencies.