Practice of the IRiS project in Münster

Can SmartHomes help save lives? The fire departments of Borchen and Paderborn tested this last month as part of the IRiS (“Intelligent Rescue in SmartHome”) project. In the project, partners from civil emergency response, research and the SmartHome industry are jointly investigating how modern technology can help save lives and …

Start of the study “Digital Transformation in Civil Emergency Response”

The Association for the Promotion of German Fire Protection and the safety innovation center have launched a study entitled “Digital Transformation in Civil Emergency Response”. The aim of the study is to examine the current state of digitisation in civil emergency response. In addition, research will be conducted into how …

Presentation of INSPIRE at the conference “Living Safely in the City – Challenges for Research and Practice”

The conference “Living Safely in the City – Challenges for Research and Practice” took place in a former hall in Duisburg’s Meiderich district on October 8 and 9. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research invited around 200 experts from research, local authorities, public authorities and organizations with security tasks …

INSPIRE at the KDN event “Roadshow Digital Model Regions and E-Government”

Together with the model regions, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is committed to the digitization of communal administrations. At the “Roadshow Digital Model Regions and E-Government”, which took place on 1st October 2019 at the Heinz-Nixdorf-Forum in Paderborn, innovative projects on digital administration services were presented. The event was introduced …

Kickoff workshop in project INSPIRE

On 26 and 27 September 2019 the kickoff workshop of the project “Integrated Security Pilot Region” (INSPIRE) took place at the AStA Stadtcampus in Paderborn. The working meeting was initiated by Robin Marterer (project coordinator), Elke Kepper (Detmold District Government), and Christiane Boschin-Heinz (Chief Digital Officer of the City of …