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Rapid On-site Forensic Analysis of Explosives and Narcotics (ROSFEN)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

Forensic analysis is an essential resource in the battle against organised crime and terrorist attacks. A key challenge in forensics is the detection of trace explosive residues at a post-blast scene or on the hands or clothes of an alleged suspect. Detection of the primer charge (e.g., PETN) is often hampered by higher-concentration residues from the main charge, e.g., ammonium nitrate. Detection ...
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MobIle Laboratory Capacity for the Rapid Assessment of CBRN Threats Located within and outside the EU (MIRACLE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2015,

Background: In case of major intentional, accidental or natural CBRN incident, fast in field identification of agents is crucial for optimal risk assessment, risk management, and counter measures. A determining factor is to bring a rapidly CRBN deployable diagnostic and forensic capacity as close as possible to the crisis area.Objective: To harmonize the definition of a CBRN mobile laboratory and ...
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ETTIS - European security trends and threats in society (ETTIS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The aim of the ETTIS project is a) to identify, understand and assess in a scenarios framework future threats, needs and opportunities for societal security, b) to develop and test a methodological approach and model for a revolving process of security research priority setting, c) to derive research priorities geared towards the needs of user organisations, as well as rationales and options for p ...
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"Development of a Common Sensor Platform for the Detection of IED ""Bomb Factories""" (CommonSense)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

The detection of IED manufacturing facilities is crucial for the security of citizens, as well as infrastructures and utilities. Current sensing methods suffer from susceptibility to false positive results due to environmental contaminants, or false negative results to interfering compounds. The need exists for a single distributed network, with a common interface and communications protocol, to m ...
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COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY-CENTERED TRAINING CURRICULA FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN THE EU (CAST)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

"Security-centered training course curricula on disaster management for first responders (FR)* in EU member states will be comparatively assessed with a specially developed matrix-based software: (1) for all EU member states (2) as derived from international best practices in the US, Russia, and Israel as countries with extensive experience in this field. The comparative assessment will cover: (a ...
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