A Technical-Thematic Civil Protection Exercise in Italy: UAS Fleets-Based Activities Supporting Emergency Response in Seismic Scenarios-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Technical-Thematic Civil Protection Exercise in Italy: UAS Fleets-Based Activities Supporting Emergency Response in Seismic Scenarios

Published:2024-06-19 Issue:12 Volume:14 Page:5306
ISSN:2076-3417
Container-title:Applied Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Applied Sciences

Author:

Mandirola Martina¹^ORCID,Casarotti Chiara¹^ORCID,Morra di Cella Umberto²³,Berton Andrea⁴^ORCID,Rossi Guglielmo⁵,Tacconi Stefanelli Carlo⁶^ORCID,Menin Alessandro⁷,Lorusso Onofrio⁸

Affiliation:

1. European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy

2. International Centre on Environmental Monitoring, Via A. Magliotto 2, 17100 Savona, Italy

3. Environment Protection Regional Agency of Aosta Valley, Loc. La Maladière 48, 11020 Saint-Christophe, Italy

4. Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy

5. Centro per la Protezione Civile, University of Florence, Piazza San Marco 4, 50121 Florence, Italy

6. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Via G. la Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy

7. ARPA Lombardia—Earth Observation Regional Center, Via Rosellini 17, 20124 Milan, Italy

8. Lombardy Regional Fire Brigade Directorate, Via Ansperto 4, 20123 Milan, Italy

Abstract

In October 2023, during the Italian Civil Protection Week, in Eastern Lombardy (Italy) a large technical-thematic seismic exercise called “EXE.Lomb.Est 2023” was organized, with the goal of testing the response of the Regional Civil Protection system for post-earthquake damage assessment activities. Within this context, the use of an unmanned aerial system (UAS), in particular the deployment of multi-rotors UAS teams, has been tested as support for the rapid mapping of a large area involving the simultaneous participation of different Italian institutions with UAS units. Coordinated flight planning design, safety issues, coordination and communication procedures, data management and delivery of the results are some of the main aspects investigated and presented in this work.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/12/5306/pdf

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