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Updated: Jun 3, 97 |
RECOVER | |
| Red Cross overall emergency resource management system |
| Project Nr: | HC 1042 | Group: II | Project Duration: 40 months |
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| Category: | Red Cross Emergency Resource Management System | ||
| Summary: | Interconnection of Red Cross offices for co-ordination and resource management. | ||
| Mission: | Based on a pan-European Red Cross working group, RECOVER will provide national Red Cross societies with a telematics application to support resources and information management during each phase of a disaster. The project will facilitate the information exchange and interaction essential to national or international management coordination, as well as the efficient data gathering, storage and analysis needed to evaluate disasters. It is expected to result in a validated demonstration, together with guidelines for operational, administrative, legal and data handling aspects, and proposals for system implementation. | ||
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| Name of Institution | City+Postal Code | Country | Region |
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| Red Cross European Liaison Bureau | Brussels 1060 | Belgium | BE1 |
| Austrian RC | Wien 1090 | Austria | AT13 |
| Belgian RC | Brussels 1050 | Belgium | BE1 |
| Dutch RC | Den Haag 2502 | Netherlands | NL33 |
| French RC | Paris 75384 | France | FR1 |
| German RC | Bonn 53113 | Germany | DEA2 |
| INFOPARTNERS | Senningerberg L-1736 | Luxemburg | LU |
| DA VINCI | Chaumont-Gistoux 1325 | Belgium | BE35 |
| FRANCE TELECOM EXPERTEL | Paris 75470 | France | FR1 |
| NORSK EIENDOMS-INFORMASJON | OSLO N-0117 | NO | NO |
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A major part of the Red-Cross day to day activity, disaster preparation and response, consists of an efficient resource management in time and location requiring National and sometimes International co-ordination. This co-ordination can only be achieved through the exchange of information and interactions between all those involved at the international, national, regional and local levels.
In case of disaster, a correct evaluation of the situation can only be achieved if the multi-media geo-referenced disaster information coming from different sources can be gathered, stored and analysed in the most efficient way. The objective of this project is to provide National Red Cross Societies with a telematics application for the support of resources and disaster information management during each phase of disasters' life-cycle. This platform is RECOVER, the red-Cross Overall Emergency Resource Management System. The project is based around the existing pan-European Red-Cross Border Disaster Relief Working Group which includes the German, French, Belgian, Dutch and Austrian Red-Cross Societies and takes advantage of the already planned international exercises for the validation phase. The Red-Cross European Liaison Bureau acts as the representative of the user group for what concerns the definition of the user requirements and the specification of the demonstrator. The expected results of this project will be a validated (in production) demonstrator together with procedures and guidelines for operational, administrative, legal and data handling aspects. The exploitation plan will include a survey of the interest amongst the National Societies, and for those committed, a detailed approach on how to implement the system. The industrial consortium will be composed of SPACEBEL INFORMATIQUE from Belgium, as co-ordinator, integrator and responsible of overall distributed information system and specifically of the multi-media and geo-management aspects, DA VINCI Consulting also from Belgium, co-integrator of the geo-management aspects and consultant for the geo-management aspects, INFO PARTNERS from Luxembourg, responsible of the database aspects, NORSK EIENDOMSINFORMASJON from Norway consultant in the multi-media and GPS localisation system and EXPERTEL from France as consultant for the Communication Services.
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Users involved The project is based around the existing pan-European Red Cross Border Disaster Relief Working Group (which includes the German, French, Belgian, Dutch and Austrian Red Cross Societies) and the Red-Cross European Liaison Bureau. Technologies and/or approach used The RECOVER platform makes use of modern but proven technologies such as databases, geographical information systems user friendly MMIs and networks Expected benefits for the citizen The RECOVER project will contribute in providing a faster and more accurate response to the people that need to be rescued or helped after a disaster. Expected benefits for the users of the application The users of the RECOVER platform will have a clearer view of the situation and will be able to take faster and efficient decisions. The RECOVER platform will provide an excellent link between the different parts of the Red-Cross (national deciders, local deciders, field teams). Expected benefits for the European Industries The RECOVER project gives an interesting opportunity to combine existing technologies into a system that can be used in many different areas. Contribution to EU-policies The RECOVER platform will allow the Red-Cross resources to be managed at the national level but shared at the international level. This will enhance the relationships between the national Red-cross societies |
| RC-A | Wien | Wien | AT |
| RC-B | Brussels | Bruxelles Cap. | BE |
| RC-F | Paris | Ile de France | FR |
| RC-G | Bonn | Köln | DE |
| RC-N | Den Haag | Noord-Holland | NL |
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