The DIREKTION EU project has now selected the 10 winners for the DIREKTION Awards 2026

🙏 A sincere thank you to all applicants, to the evaluators, and to Pôle SAFE (Maëlle Groslier & Michel Bour), for the organisation of the awards and assessment process. Thank you also to Milan Dubravac (President of CTIF International Association of Fire Services) for supporting the ceremony and bringing the responder perspective into this recognition process.The DIREKTION EU project has now selected the 10 winners for the DIREKTION Awards 2026.

CTIF has been a  global supporter on research and development, two CTIF projects were chosen for awards in 2025 and 2024. Read about them here:

Cobra Cold Cut Systems method for extinguishing EVs: https://ctif.org/news/ctif-associate-member-cold-cut-systems-wins-innovations-award-new-method-extinguishing-ev

The CTIF Commission for Exctrication and New Technology was also chosen as an award winner for testing the method developed by Cold Cut Systems together with the Swerdis Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), CTIF Sweden and the Swedish automotive industry. 

🏆 Congratulations to the DIREKTION Awards 2026 winners! 

The DIREKTION Awards 2026 ceremony has taken place today during the CERIS Disaster Resilience Days in Brussels.
Congratulations to the 10 winning solutions recognised for their contribution to disaster resilience, preparedness and operational response:
✅ AI-WUIFIRE — Vexiza
✅ DREAMS2 — RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
✅ Data Fabric for CCA & DRM — GECOsistema
✅ INSPECTOR — ISYmap
✅ LAST Autonomous Surveillance Tower — Delian Alliance Industries
✅ MIONER — MION Technologies
✅ Manta — OneTreck | Autonomous medical support, from -40°C to Zero-G | ESA BIC - BITD - Horizon Europe
✅ OPTeam — AUM Biosync
✅ ReBriNet — Social Tech Projects
✅ Sysnav FRST — SYSNAV

 Meet the Winners of the DIREKTION Awards 2026: Mail May 27:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/WhctKLcDxlfmbWzlBsXWvpVdDdJcwwJSVRMljBWTQjHfSDCqLVzzRjTCFvQTgQFfbrlGmfB

The DIREKTION consortium is proud to present the winners of the 2nd DIREKTION Awards, recognising innovative near-to-deployment solutions addressing key capability gaps in disaster resilience and emergency response.

Following a highly competitive evaluation process, 10 solutions were selected among 47 applications received from across Europe.

The awarded solutions support firefighters, civil protection authorities, emergency medical services and crisis management organisations through innovative capabilities including:

• wildfire prevention and response,
• situational awareness and actionable intelligence,
• robotics and remote operations,
• hazardous substance detection,
• responder safety,
• AI-enabled operational decision support,
• and operational coordination.
  
  
  Special thanks to Giannis Skiadaresis and the CERIS team for hosting us again during the CERIS DRS days!
  
  The next step is to continue connecting these promising solutions with users, responders, civil protection authorities, funders and policy stakeholders.
  
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