ST Bernand Project

STBERNAND is a project coordinated by the technology-based company Counterfog with 19 partners and a budget of about 6.7 million euros.

The project is based on research and development of advanced technologies to address CBRN risks. The technologies are expected to enable rapid detection of CBRN threats while being portable, which would benefit first responders and the general population. Mass decontamination of infrastructure and vehicles will be addressed, using aerosol-based technologies.

OBJECTIVES

ST Bernand Project

Emerging technologies on rapid aerosol and vapor sensing and rapid and mass decontamination (previously developed up to TRL5 by the participants in this project) have proven to be ideal candidates for providing universal, rapid and portable protection against CBRN hazards.

This project will mature these safe technologies and develop operational procedures for detection, protection, decontamination and actual assessment, and measure their effectiveness in experimental tests and practical demonstrations in operational environment (TRL7):

  • Intrinsically safe EX CBRN-E aerial drone with sensors, semi-autonomous navigation and automatic victim detection.
  • Technology and operational procedures for protection of responders (including vehicles) against CBRN toxic clouds and aerosols.
  • Technology and procedures for mass decontamination of infrastructures and vehicles based on dynamic aerosol aggregation.
  • Sensors and procedures for reliable assessment of cleanup.
  • Mass decontamination of people (e.g. in crowded stadiums…).
  • Decontaminator of a victim’s respiratory system or “lung clearer”.
  • Operational procedures for safe removal and excavation of debris in CBRN environment.

In addition, after analyzing the associated CBRN risks in rescue and recovery operations, it will develop and validate a modular Artificial Intelligence tool to generate operating procedures for first responders operating in a CBRN environment.

OBJECTIVES

ST Bernand Project

Emerging technologies on rapid aerosol and vapor sensing and rapid and mass decontamination (previously developed up to TRL5 by the participants in this project) have proven to be ideal candidates for providing universal, rapid and portable protection against CBRN hazards.

This project will mature these safe technologies and develop operational procedures for detection, protection, decontamination and actual assessment, and measure their effectiveness in experimental tests and practical demonstrations in operational environment (TRL7):

  • Intrinsically safe EX CBRN-E aerial drone with sensors, semi-autonomous navigation and automatic victim detection.
  • Technology and operational procedures for protection of responders (including vehicles) against CBRN toxic clouds and aerosols.
  • Technology and procedures for mass decontamination of infrastructures and vehicles based on dynamic aerosol aggregation.
  • Sensors and procedures for reliable assessment of cleanup.
  • Mass decontamination of people (e.g. in crowded stadiums…).
  • Decontaminator of a victim’s respiratory system or “lung clearer”.
  • Operational procedures for safe removal and excavation of debris in CBRN environment.

In addition, after analyzing the associated CBRN risks in rescue and recovery operations, it will develop and validate a modular Artificial Intelligence tool to generate operating procedures for first responders operating in a CBRN environment.