The POWERBASE project has defined three common emergency response scenarios focusing on wildfires, floods and earthquakes, as a first step to assessing the characteristics and energy demands of bases of operation and emergency shelters, identifying the potential challenges in providing power to emergency response operations.
Currently, emergency operations rely on diesel generators as the critical infrastructure is often damaged after a catastrophe. However, these diesel generators produce CO2 and other emissions, heat, noise and vibrations, and pose safety threats for workers and sheltered people.
The definition of scenarios will enable needs assessment for future procurement of low-emission power supply that will facilitate the greentransition of emergency response organisations.