Research Team and Consultants
PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER: Cidália Fonte (DM-FCTUC / INESC Coimbra)
CO-PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER: Alberto Cardoso (DEI-FCTUC / CISUC)
RESEARCH TEAM: Bernardete Ribeiro (DEI-FCTUC / CISUC), Filipe Araújo (DEI-FCTUC / CISUC), Jacinto Estima (European Uni. / INESC-ID / INESC Coimbra), José-Paulo Almeida (DM-FCTUC / INESC Coimbra), Pedro Furtado (DEI-FCTUC / CISUC), Joaquim Patriarca (grantee INESC Coimbra), Catarina Silva (DEI-FCTUC / CISUC) and Daniel Silvestre (ISR/IST, LARSyS)
CONSULTANTS: Domingos Xavier Viegas, Department of Mechanical Engineering – Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (DEM-FCTUC), Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics (ADAI) | Linda See, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
OBJECTIVE
To develop a system that will allow:
1 ANY VOLUNTEER CITIZEN WITH A SMARPHONE TO REPORT A SPOTED FIRE BY AUTOMATICALLY SENDING:
- Geolocation coordinates (place of observation);
- An image of what is being observed (photo taken with the smartphone);
- Additional data to georeference the observed phenomenon:
– The orientation (automatically gathered from the smartphone);
– The approximate distance to the spotted event (provided by the user).
2 TO IDENTIFY, FOR EACH CONTRIBUTION:
- The approximate geolocation of the observed event;
- The degree of confidence/uncertainty of data received.
3 THE INTEGRATION AND PROCESSING OF DATA MADE AVAILABLE BY VOLUNTEER CITIZENS:
- Identifying almost in real time the geolocation and extent of the observed phenomena;
- Providing information to differentiated users.
FIRELOC SYSTEM

USERS
Citizens
Local, Regional and National Authorities
- Municipalities;
- Civil Protection related entities and services;
- Law enforcement agencies.