Trialing a common operational picture in a simulated environment a DRIVER project trial

This paper presents the “Operational Data Lift” trial conducted within the DRIVER project which aimed at assessing the operational benefit that a COP (Common Operational Picture) solution could bring to the coordination of a complex crisis in terms of vertical dissemination of information in the command chain and horizontal sharing of information with cross border partners and other domains (e.g: Health, Police...). The objectives, design, set-up and results of the trail are presented. Based on the CESIR simulator of Entente-Valabre, the Operational Data Lift trial has been a learning-by-doing experience bringing together organizations from the Civil Protection agencies, industrial tool providers and researchers, and a is a step forward towards making coordination easier between these various organizations.