Athena

The Athena Project is an innovative EU funded project pioneering smarter communications for critical incidents. Specifically the Athena Mobile App is built to capture real-time information from the public during crisis situations. The app is developed by Epidemico, the project coordinated by West Yorkshire Police, in collaboration with a consortium of international partners.

The public are often the first to arrive at the scene of an incident and are well placed to relay vital information during those early stages. While this live intelligence is increasingly captured on mobile phones in particular, it has yet to be fully exploited for its advantages in incident management.
Athena seeks to make the public part of the crisis team and will explore the use of mobile applications as a means of sharing information and advice between the authorities and the public.