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Vital parameters
Monitoring of indicators such as blood oxygen saturation, heart rate and respiratory rate to assess the physical condition and stress level of each responder.
NATO Science for Peace and Security
PRIME Alert Personalised Micro Environmental Change Alert
An AI-enabled system designed to improve the safety, effectiveness and situational awareness of first responders and soldiers operating in hazardous environments.
Project duration
5 March 2026 – 5 March 2029
Programme
NATO Science for Peace and Security
Project reference
SPS G8765
Project overview
Real-time intelligence for hazardous environments
PRIME Alert combines physiological, local environmental
and global environmental information to support faster,
better-informed operational decisions.
PRIME Alert is an innovative artificial-intelligence approach to improving the safety, effectiveness and awareness of first responders and soldiers working in high-risk environments.
These environments may include natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and fires, as well as combat situations involving nerve agents, toxic substances, caves, tunnels and other confined or inaccessible spaces.
Unlike systems that address only one type of risk or one category of sensor, PRIME Alert is conceived as a comprehensive solution for estimating danger in real time. The system combines information concerning the individual responder, the immediate micro-environment and the wider operational environment.
Integrated intelligence
Three complementary sources of operational data
AI-enhanced on-site decisions are generated by combining physiological measurements, micro-environmental sensing and wider environmental information.
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Micro-environmental conditions
Local sensing of air quality, toxic substances, temperature and other conditions immediately surrounding the responder.
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Global environmental data
Integration of information obtained from radar, meteorological stations and other external monitoring systems.
Operational concept
From distributed sensing to coordinated action
PRIME Alert creates a continuous information loop between personnel in the field, the artificial-intelligence layer and the Command Unit.
Field personnel
First responders and soldiers carry physiological and environmental sensors while operating in hazardous areas.
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AI analysis and alert generation
Sensor data are collected and transformed to estimate danger, predict stress levels and generate personalised alerts and automated health advice.
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Command Unit
A multi-user software platform supports continuous monitoring and operational commands, including regrouping and extraction.
Project objectives
A unified platform for monitoring, prediction and communication
Integrate physiological, micro-environmental and global environmental sensors within a common operational architecture.
Collect, transform and combine heterogeneous data in real time.
Apply artificial intelligence to generate alerts and predict responder stress levels.
Provide continuous health monitoring and stress-level assessment.
Use AI-powered speech recognition and automated speech to deliver health advice and operational alerts.
Maintain centralised connectivity between individual responders and the Command Unit.
Consortium
Participating partners
PRIME Alert brings together academic and technical expertise from North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Belgium.
North Macedonia · Coordinator
FCSE
NPD:
Prof. Ana Madevska Bogdanova
Serbia
MEI
PPD:
Prof. Tatjana Loncar-Turukalo
Slovakia
FIIT
Co-Director:
Prof. Fedor Lehocki
Belgium
ULB
Co-Director:
Valerie Tommen
