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Building disaster-resilient communities: ISEMI’s role in the PANTHEON project The PANTHEON project unites 17 partners from across Europe to strengthen disaster resilience (DR) and support community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM). The consortium brings together experts from diverse fields, combining scientific knowledge with practical experience to help communities prepare for and respond to disasters more effectively. […]

Building a Tool That Actually Helps: Inside PANTHEON’s Participatory Design Process In technology, it’s easy to build a complex tool in a vacuum, only to find it doesn’t solve the real-world problems of its intended users. When it comes to disaster management, this gap between developers and first responders can mean the difference between a

Training for the Unexpected: How the Hellenic Police Are Preparing for Disasters with Project PANTHEON When we think of the Hellenic Police (HPOL), our minds might first go to routine law enforcement—traffic control, crime prevention, or maintaining public order. But their responsibilities extend far beyond everyday policing. HPOL is a crucial player in Greece’s emergency

D3.3 Conceptual Model of Smart Cities with Digital Twins (SCDT) for Disaster Management In a modern city, power grids, transportation networks, communication systems, and public services are all deeply interconnected. During a disaster, this complexity becomes a critical vulnerability. A failure in one system can trigger a catastrophic cascade, overwhelming response efforts. How can city

Building the backbone of a Digital Twin: Data Management in the PANTHEON project Creating a highly realistic digital twin of emergency situations demands a solid data foundation. For the PANTHEON project, that means integrating a wide range of datasets—from digital surface models to population density and road network information—to power accurate simulations and decision-making tools.

The PANTHEON GeoPlatform: Creating a Unified Command Center for Disaster Response When a disaster strikes, the first casualty is situational awareness. Information floods in from satellites, drones, on-site sensors, and first responder reports, but this data is often disconnected, incompatible, and overwhelming. To solve this, the PANTHEON project is developing a GeoPlatform, a central command-and-control

Unpacking Deliverable 4.2: PANTHEON’s Core Models for Disaster Simulation A Smart City Digital Twin (SCDT) is more than just a 3D map layered with real-time data. Its true power lies in its ability to understand the complex, dynamic, and often chaotic patterns of the real world and then simulate potential futures. How does a system

Fueling the Digital Twin: An Inside Look at PANTHEON’s Integrated Data Model A Smart City Digital Twin (SCDT) for disaster management is only as powerful and reliable as the data that fuels it. For the PANTHEON project, creating a realistic, predictive, and effective virtual replica of Athens and Vienna requires managing a continuous and complex

Testing Ground: A 4-Part Series on PANTHEON’s Operational Pilots  A Smart City Digital Twin is only as good as its ability to perform in a crisis. In Deliverable 8.1, “Report of Pilots’ Operation Scenarios,” the PANTHEON team has laid out the roadmap for testing our platform in the real world. Scheduled for 2025, these pilots

In Situ Collaborative Swarm of Drones: Advanced Swarming Algorithms for Disaster Management When a disaster strikes, getting “eyes in the sky” is critical for situational awareness. A single drone can provide a glimpse, but how do you effectively deploy an entire team of autonomous drones to scan a raging wildfire or a complex earthquake-damaged city?