beAWARE · Project

Emergency Response Platform That Helps Authorities Act Faster During Extreme Weather Disasters

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Imagine you're running an emergency control room during a massive flood or heatwave. Right now, information comes in from a dozen different sources — sensors, phone calls, social media, weather stations — and someone has to piece it all together manually under extreme pressure. beAWARE built a single platform that pulls all that data together automatically, shows you what's happening on a map in real time, predicts what's coming next, and helps you coordinate rescue teams more effectively. Think of it as a smart command center that turns chaos into a clear action plan.

By the numbers

EUR 5,953,780

EU funding invested in platform development

consortium partners across the development team

countries involved in building and validating the system

total deliverables produced during the project

industry partners contributing to commercialization readiness

demo deliverables including prototypes and operational platform

The business problem

What needed solving

Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity, but emergency response centers still rely on fragmented data sources and manual coordination. When a flood, heatwave, or storm hits, decision-makers waste critical minutes piecing together information from weather services, IoT sensors, field reports, and social media before they can act. This delay costs lives and multiplies property damage.

The solution

What was built

The project delivered a complete operational crisis management platform (progressed through 4 versions to a final system), an outdoor location tracking solution prototype, and a public safety answering point (PSAP) prototype — totaling 44 deliverables including 6 demonstrated components.

Audience

Who needs this

National and regional civil protection agencies managing extreme weather responseSmart city technology integrators building urban resilience platformsInsurance companies needing real-time catastrophe assessment during weather eventsPort authorities and airport operators with weather-critical operationsUtility companies (power grids, water systems) managing weather-related infrastructure emergencies

Business applications

Who can put this to work

Emergency Management & Civil Protection

enterprise

Target: National civil protection agencies and regional emergency management authorities

If you are a civil protection agency dealing with increasingly frequent extreme weather events and struggling to coordinate multiple response teams across large areas — this project developed an integrated operational platform that combines weather forecasting, real-time multimodal data analysis, and coordination tools into a single command center. The system was built across 7 countries with 10 partners and produced 44 deliverables including a final operational system.

Insurance & Risk Assessment

enterprise

Target: Property and casualty insurance companies with climate exposure

If you are an insurance company dealing with rising claims from extreme weather and needing better risk models — this project developed situational awareness technology that forecasts extreme conditions, tracks disaster scope and geographic distribution in real time, and assesses impact. With EUR 5,953,780 in EU funding and 3 industry partners, this platform could feed directly into catastrophe modeling and claims response workflows.

Smart City Infrastructure

mid-size

Target: Municipal governments and smart city technology providers

If you are a city administration dealing with urban flooding, heatwaves, or severe storms and your current alert systems are too slow or fragmented — this project developed an outdoor location solution and public safety answering point (PSAP) prototype that integrates IoT sensor data with crisis management workflows. The platform was tested through multiple iterations, from first version through to a final operational system.

Frequently asked

Quick answers

What would it cost to implement this system?

The project received EUR 5,953,780 in EU funding across 10 partners over 3 years, giving a sense of the development investment. Licensing or deployment costs for the final platform would need to be negotiated directly with the consortium. Based on available project data, no commercial pricing model has been published.

Can this scale to cover an entire country or region?

The platform was designed to handle multi-phase disaster management from forecasting through response coordination. It was developed across 7 countries with input from 3 industry partners and 4 research organizations, suggesting it was designed for cross-border and regional-scale deployment. The outdoor location solution and PSAP prototype indicate readiness for distributed operations.

What is the IP situation and how can we license this?

As an EU Innovation Action with 10 consortium partners, IP is typically shared among participants according to the grant agreement. The coordinator is ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS (CERTH) in Greece. Licensing discussions would need to go through the consortium, particularly the 3 industry partners who likely hold commercialization rights for their components.

Does this integrate with existing emergency dispatch systems?

The project specifically built a Main Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) prototype, which is the standard interface used by emergency dispatch centers. This suggests the platform was designed to integrate with or replace existing PSAP infrastructure. The system also aggregates multimodal data from multiple sources, indicating built-in integration capabilities.

How does this compare to existing crisis management tools?

beAWARE's distinguishing feature is its end-to-end coverage: from weather forecasting and early warnings through data routing, multimodal analysis, to first responder coordination. Most existing tools handle only one of these phases. The platform includes IoT integration, outdoor location tracking, and AI-based situational awareness in a single operational system.

What is the timeline from evaluation to deployment?

The project ran from 2017 to 2019 and progressed through four platform iterations: 1st version, 2nd version, operational platform, and final system. This mature development cycle suggests the technology is ready for pilot deployment. Integration timeline would depend on existing infrastructure and local requirements.

Is this compliant with EU emergency management regulations?

The project was funded under the DRS-01-2015 topic (Disaster Resilience and Security) and built with input from organizations across 7 EU/associated countries. The PSAP prototype follows standard public safety answering point architectures. Based on available project data, specific regulatory certifications would need to be verified with the consortium.

Consortium

Who built it

The beAWARE consortium brings together 10 partners from 7 countries (Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Finland, Israel, Italy), giving it strong geographic diversity relevant to different climate risk profiles across Europe. The mix includes 4 research organizations, 3 industry partners, 1 university, and 2 other entities — with a 30% industry ratio that signals serious intent to move beyond pure research. The coordinator, CERTH (Greece), is one of the largest research centers in southeastern Europe. Notably, there are zero SMEs in the consortium, meaning the technology was built by established organizations with the capacity for long-term support and deployment. For a business buyer, this means the technology partners are stable entities unlikely to disappear, though commercialization may require more business-oriented intermediaries.

ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXISCoordinator · EL
UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRAparticipant · ES
ELLINIKI OMADA DIASOSIS SOMATEIOparticipant · EL
FREDERIKSBORG BRAND OG REDNINGparticipant · DK
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS ISRAEL LTDparticipant · IL
AYUNTAMIENTO DE VALENCIAparticipant · ES
ILMATIETEEN LAITOSparticipant · FI
IBM ISRAEL - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LTDparticipant · IL
AUTORITA' DI BACINO DISTRETTUALE DELLE ALPI ORIENTALIparticipant · IT

How to reach the team

The coordinator is CERTH (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas) in Greece — contact their crisis management or security research division.

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