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This paper provides a summary of the EPISECC consortium decisions taken when developing a common information space with respect to data sharing in the field of public protection and disaster relief. After explaining why defining data flows and design process in the EPISECC is important, the paper introduces a high-level overview of the EPISECC Common Information Space (CIS). Additionally, the paper explores the CIS user requirements and software architecture. To attain the main objective of this paper and to provide an operational overview of the EPISECC CIS, the paper defines a methodology to map data flows within the CIS and examines the basic functionality of the proposed system.
Disaster-affected people need information as much as water, food, medicine or shelter: accurate, timely information can save lives. The right information helps aid organizations to understand better the needs of affected communities and ways to meet those needs. Today’s information technology presents new possibilities, but has not been fully exploited by humanitarian organizations. Lack of information can make people victims of disaster.
World Disaster Report (2013) International Federation of Red Cross.
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EPISECC is a Collaborative Project which will Establish a Pan-European Information Space to Enhance seCurity of Citizens, funded by the EU, grant agreement no. 607078.
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Examples of technical standards include: EMTEL TS 102 181 (Requirements for communication between authorities/organizations during emergencies), TS 102 182 (Requirements for communications from authorities/organizations to individuals, groups or the general public during emergencies) and TS 102 410 (Basis of requirements for communications between individuals and between individuals and authorities whilst emergencies are in progress); CEN-CENELEC. CEN/TC391 (Societal and Citizen Security).
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EPISECC, Deliverable 3.4 “Pan-European inventory of disasters and business models for emergency management services”, available at: https://www.episecc.eu.
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Could interoperability have prevented the metro bombing in Brussels?, Weblink: http://www.iessolutions.eu/en/interoperability-metro-bombing-brussels/, accessed 03.06.2016.
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This paper was made possible thanks to the funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under the EPISECC project (Establish Pan-European information space to Enhance seCurity of Citizens), grant no. 607078.
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Zuba, G., Jasmontaite, L., Delprato, U., Neubauer, G., Preinerstorfer, A. (2017). EPISECC Common Information Space: Defining Data Ownership in Disaster Management. In: Wohlgemuth, V., Fuchs-Kittowski, F., Wittmann, J. (eds) Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44711-7_9
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