Clustering Event at ZAB in Styria, Austria

On September 16, 2023, our partner #DUNE has participated in a clustering event at the underground facility Zentrum am Berg (ZAB) in Styria, Austria together with partners from the projects Med1stMR (funded by Horizon Europe) and NIKE-med (funded by the AUSTIRAN FFG). At this field exercise, a real life testing inside a tunnel system took place, where a bus accident with 20 victims was simulated who had to be triaged. Overall, around 130 people took part in the exercise, including about 70 first responders from firefighters, police and four different medical first responder organizations, 38 role players and over twenty researchers from all over Europe. Participation in the event gave our partners from DUNE the opportunity to test their systems and equipment, i.e. the COILS system and tracking the location of the first responders inside of the tunnel and to liaise with partners from other Responder Technology projects. The event was widely covered in the media, including film and newspaper reports.