The “Vereinigung für Gefahrstoff- und Brandschutzforschung“ (VGBF) is an association dedicated to research dangerous material and fire prevention in Salzburg, Austria. During this year’s annual conference, the use of geographical information systems (GIS) was presented and how social media can be a potential addition to them. The resulting synergy effects were presented during the conference. The EmerGent project and latest results of the research about the utility of social media for the emergency services were also presented. In addition, the representatives of the project participated and helped to form a workshop about the use of social media for the civil hazard prevention.
In this deliverable a concept is established regarding validation and verification in EmerGent. Main findings can be found in the summary listed in the Publications part of our website.
Look at our new video on the EmerGent IT-System Architecture for C2A and A2C.
Deliverables 5.4 and 5.5 have been finished by the EmerGent consortium. The Topics dealt with refer to Information gathering (D5.4) and Information Routing (D5.5). You can have a closer look on the summaries in the Publications part of our website.
We conducted a survey for Emergency Services to evaluate Social Media in emergency situations. Now you can find a graphical presentation of our findings from the survey under Press Releases.
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This document provides a description of the European Data Protection and Privacy laws relevant to the EmerGent project. The EU Data Protection Directive is discussed, which acts as a guideline for data protection laws in each EU country. The laws based upon this directive in a number of EU countries are investigated as well. Further information are available in the summary of the Deliverable.
The results of the survey we conducted have been picked up by the european commission and can be reviewed here in english and on the Publications part in our Website.
Our overall system architecture has been specified in the Deliverable 6.1. You can find a summary on the Publications part of our website.
We have specified our Information Mining and Information Quality components. You can have a look at the findings summed up in a nutshell on the Publications part of our website.