MITRA

MITRA – Monitoring and Intervention for the TRAnsportation of dangerous goods

The objective of MITRA is to prototype a new operational system based on regional responsibilities for the monitoring of dangerous goods transportation in Europe. This concept, derived from the Air Traffic Control domain, aims at providing the Civil Security centres with a real-time knowledge of the position and contents of dangerous vehicles circulating in their responsibility area, warning and alert displays in case of dangerous situations, and crisis management information, allowing intervention teams to react immediately in case of an accident, with a maximum of safety.

Several French, German and Spanish project partners with expertise in the domains of transport of dangerous goods, risk prevention and crisis management, satellite positioning and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have joined the MITRA project to meet these objectives. The Civil Security authorities from Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands are actively involved in the project, as experts for the user requirements collection and as end-users for the system deployment and validation campaign.

Deploying MITRA in the regional Civil Security Centres in Europe is expected to save many lives among intervention forces and civil populations, improve the efficiency of the operations by at least 10%, and contribute to the improvement of the interoperability between regional Centres, based on INSPIRE interface requirements.

MITRA is funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme (IST priority). It started on 1 September 2004 and the project duration is 24 months. The MITRA consortium involves different European actors like Civil Security authorities, research organisations, and industrial companies.

Objectives:

The objective of MITRA operational system is to provide the Civil Security centres with:

• a real-time knowledge of the position and contents of dangerous vehicles circulating in their responsibility area
• warning and alert displays in case of dangerous situations: preventative measures
• crisis management information in case of an accident: associated risks, potential consequences, applicable regulations and protection measures

Partners:
M3 Systems SARL, Advanteam & Partners Sarl, Centro de Observacion y Teledeteccion Espacial SA, CGX Systèmes SAS, DEIMOS Space SL, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt eV, Association pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodes et Processus Industriels, Ingenieria de Sistemas para la Defensa de Espana SA, Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Officiers de Sapeurs Pompiers, Kayser-Threde GmbH, Movingworld KG, Telematica eK, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya

Coordinator:
M3 Systems
Mr. Franck Presutto
Phone:  +33-56-2231085
E-Mail: presutto@m3systems.net

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