Ongoing joint projects:

AUPIK: Maintaining outpatient care infrastructures in crisis situations - organizational concepts to increase resilience

Funding codes 13N15224 to 13N15227

More and more people in need of care are being cared for and looked after at home. Private service providers play an important role in providing regular home care and support. Crisis situations, such as a prolonged power outage, pose a threat to the security of nursing care. In the AUPIK project, a detailed analysis of the organization of private care providers and disaster management as well as the procedures in home care is carried out in order to secure nursing care provision in crisis situations. In the extreme case that home care cannot be maintained in emergency situations, a plan for the short-term establishment of central care stations will be developed.

More information (only available in German)

  

BASIC: Resilience of cash supply - security concepts for emergencies and crises

Funding codes 13N15196 to 13N15199

In the event of a prolonged crisis, such as a power blackout, it is necessary to ensure that the population can meet basic needs such as food, hygiene and mobility at all times. If today's widespread electronic payments or ATMs no longer function in the event of a crisis, it is essential to keep the cash cycle intact. Against this background, the BASIC project is pursuing the development of a new security framework concept to ensure that the processes required for cash supply function at all times in the event of a crisis. Even without or with limited direct communication options, it will be possible to continue to control necessary data and logistics processes on a long-term basis.

BASIC project outline (PDF, only available in German)

  

BRAWA: Preserving cultural assets through volunteer motivation and low fire probabilities

Funding codes 13N15415 to 13N15420 and 13N15565

Fires destroy important cultural assets time and again and endanger national cultural heritage, as was the case with the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar or the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris show. Many of these events are due to slow-spreading smoldering fires that are difficult to detect. The BRAWA project is developing new strategies and innovative technologies to increase security in historic buildings. The concept is based on the networking of sensors that trigger an alarm when certain gases appear in the early stages of fire development. Early fire detection will be made possible by means of a novel concept for volunteer engagement.

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CYWARN: Strategies and technologies for cross-media cyber situational awareness and communication of cyber alerts

Funding codes 13N15407 to 13N15410

The increase in complex cyber attacks, such as the hacker attacks on the German Bundestag or on the Lukas hospital in Neuss, illustrates the vulnerability of our critical infrastructures. Against this background, effective early warning systems and response strategies can contribute significantly to the protection of our society. The CYWARN project therefore pursues the goal of researching new strategies and technologies for increased cyber situational awareness.

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DEALS3D: Monument protection 3D

Funding codes 13N15312 to 13N15314

Events such as floods and fires threaten material and irreplaceable cultural assets that are part of critical infrastructures. For example, in 2019, a fire significantly damaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The DEALS3D project is developing a technical solution to create accurate three-dimensional models of culturally relevant buildings. To capture all required perspectives, ground-based 3D sensors and sensors carried by unmanned aerial vehicles are used to generate and automatically combine images. This combination of sensors enable detailed and complete images of cultural assets of any size, which greatly facilitates the reconstruction of monuments by the relevant authorities.

DEALS3D project outline (PDF, only available in German)

  

KERES: Protecting cultural assets from extreme climate events and increasing resilience

Funding codes 13N15443 to 13N15445

Cultural monuments are an essential for society. They also represent intangible values and require special protection in order to preserve them for future generations. Due to climate change, historic buildings, park and garden landscapes are increasingly threatened by hazards from temperature fluctuations, extreme drought, storms, heavy rain, flooding, etc. The KERES project conducts vulnerability and resilience analyses of buildings and outdoor spaces worthy of protection and integrates them into high-resolution climate models.

KERES project outline (PDF, only available in German)

  

NOWATER: Emergency preparedness planning of water supply and wastewater disposal for healthcare facilities

Funding codes 13N15276 to 13N15282

Healthcare facilities, especially hospitals, are critical infrastructure essential to society. While the scenario of a power outage is firmly entrenched in hospital emergency planning, maintaining water supply and wastewater disposal is a challenge that has rarely been considered. The NOWATER project addresses this challenge by developing a system for backup water supply and wastewater disposal. In addition, a practical guide for all involved actors, such as hospital operators, municipal authorities, water suppliers and emergency services will be being developed.

NOWATER project outline (PDF, only available in German)

  

RESIK: Resilience and evacuation planning for socio-economic infrastructures in a medio-social context

Funding codes 13N15246 to 13N15250

Even in critical situations such as extreme flooding, bomb disposal, or prolonged water or power supply outages, patients in hospitals need to receive medical care. This is particularly difficult when the entire hospital has to be evacuated and patients cannot be accommodated in other hospitals due to a large-scale dangerous situation. The aim of the RESIK project is to increase the resilience of hospitals to dangerous situations with prolonged infrastructure failures. Based on a comprehensive risk analysis, concrete recommendations for action will be developed to maintain functionality in the event of a crisis. A comprehensive decentralized supply concept will be being developed that takes into account not only the affected hospital, but also the entire environment and relevant stakeholders.

RESIK project outline (PDF, only available in German)