TeamUp

Funded by: European Union as part of the Horizon Europe program

Budget: Total budget: €6,301,162, Fraunhofer INT share: €252,375

Coordinator: Institute for Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS)

Partners: 23 partners from 7 European countries

Goal: CBRN-E incidents, i.e. emergency situations in which emergency services are confronted with chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear substances, possibly in combination with explosives, pose a constant threat. Emergency services have to provide assistance without often being adequately trained for such incidents themselves. In addition, the emergency services are rarely aware of the risks that CBRN-E material poses to their own health. Managing a CBRN-E incident, including the recovery of victims, requires standardized procedures, advanced skills and appropriate equipment. A comprehensive approach must therefore cover several steps: (1) identification of the CBRN-E situation, (2) triage of casualties and (3) decontamination on site before casualties can receive further medical assistance.

The TeamUP project will analyze how responders can meet these specific requirements by developing and testing innovative technologies for the detection, identification and monitoring of hazardous materials and for monitoring the health status of responders and integrating them with innovations for triage and decontamination. In addition to training and equipping the emergency services, TeamUP aims to raise public awareness of CBRN-E incidents and strengthen social resilience.

Project launch: January 1, 2024

Project end: December 31, 2026

Tasks of Fraunhofer INT:

• Managing the development of a framework for technology evaluation
• Development and implementation of co-creative workshops for needs assessment with users and developers
• Test and validation of a beta-gamma detection method