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Enhanced capacities of first responders more efficient rescue operations, including decontamination of infrastructures in the case of a CBRN-E event

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30 June 2022
23 November 2022
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Overview

ExpectedOutcome :

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

  • Analysis on if and how the specific requirements of operating under CBRN-E conditions can be taken into consideration also for teams/capacities that are traditionally not operating under CBRN-E conditions (e. g. search and rescue, medical care, shelter, firefighting, flood rescue, etc.).
  • Development of innovative technologies and/or operating procedures for emergency management units that might need to work under CBRN-E ( Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives) conditions such as search and rescue (including victim triage procedures), medical care, shelter, firefighting, flood rescue, etc. Develop innovative technology and procedures for mass decontamination but also for the decontamination of inanimate material (infrastructure, buildings, vehicles, equipment), including identifying standards for determining something as “decontaminated” in close collaboration with Topic CL3-2021-DRS-01-05 .

Scope :

Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN-E) events increasingly target civilians, with first responders likely to be police officers, firefighters or paramedics. Based on the legacy of knowledge gathered in H2020 projects, innovative technologies and solutions are required for first responders to act more efficiently and rapidly in case of CBRN-E disaster events of any kinds. This includes the ability to rapidly identify hazardous agents and contaminants and to analyse threats and hazards in real time, the faster search and identification of victims enabling more efficient rescue operations, platforms for medical care and site management/shelter for a more efficient the triage of victims and their care, i.e. via appropriate decontamination chains of victims and infrastructures. Regarding this last point, links to standardization and Topic CL3-2021-DRS-01-05 are particularly important to be able to determine thresholds and identify people as well as objects as “decontaminated” or “free of decontamination”.

Where possible and relevant, synergy-building and clustering initiatives with successful proposals in the same area should be considered, including the organisation of international conferences in close coordination with the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS) activities and/or other international events.

Specific Topic Conditions :

Activities are expected to achieve TRL 6-8 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.

Cross-cutting Priorities :

Artificial Intelligence Digital Agenda

Eligibility

General conditions

  1. Admissibility conditions: described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System

  1. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes

A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide .

3 . Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes

The following additional eligibility criteria apply:

This topic requires the active involvement , as beneficiaries, of at least 3 first responders’ organisations or agencies, from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated countries.

  1. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes

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To ensure a balanced portfolio, grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but at least also to those that are the highest ranked within set topics, provided that the applications attain all thresholds.

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20 April 2023