SAYSO spent 1 ½ years collecting the requirements of EU Civil Protection and Emergency response practitioners through a series of technical workshop, the review of existing literature, the use of the experience of SAYS partners and the organisation of two EU-wide surveys. Practitioners (firefighters, police officers, paramedics, technical relief personnel, etc.) were questioned on their requirements, their use of and opinion on instruments, tools, devices, data, etc. during an emergency response or a civil protection mission. The next pages provide a selection of the main results.

Identified key areas for development in Situational Awareness

Selected results from the SAYSO survey – version 1, Summer 2018

Selected results from the SAYSO survey – version 2, June 2018

Biggest challenges for the adoption of Situational Awareness technologies

Most replies deal mainly with difficulties in the following areas:

• the mind-set and willingness of practitioners for acceptance of innovations and new technologies, and the knowledge of the practitioners about available technologies
• the organisational structure of the practitioners’ organisation,
• the personnel and financial resources within the practitioners’ organisation, and
• to establish a standardised and harmonised IT-solution connecting stakeholders properly on all relevant levels.

Instruments: I think that the following data/instrument is essential:

Symbols and Databases: I think that the following data/tool is essential:

Devices: I think that the following device is essential:

Incident Information Management Tools: I think the following tools are important:

Georeferenced maps: I think that the georeferenced map item below is essential:

Data management functions: I think that the following data management function is essential: 

Full results can be found in the public deliverable Inventory of practitioners’ requirements (EC reference D2.2)