The present document is the first of two deliverables of Work Package 3, as part of the IOPES project. The IOPES project intends to improve the response phase of an emergency with an already existing operational tool by enhancing collection, usage and storage of positioning data. This report presents an evaluation of civil protection emergency teams’ requirements related to positioning, mapping, communications and emergency management systems.

To establish the importance of the user requirements, a survey and qualitative interviews forms the background of the analysis. Unfortunately, the number of respondents was sparse, most likely due to the Corona virus pandemic. However, with the combination of survey results and the support of the qualitative interviews, the analysis is assumed to be validated.

The results led to the conclusion of several requirements, especially in the category of emergency management systems as distinguished by country. Finally, all the respondents agree that the IOPES system and device needs to be robust to all kinds of weather and related conditions. However, there appears to be disparity amongst the respondents in terms of how multi-functional the system should be.

The user requirements have been assigned a level of priority in order to better facilitate a subsequent selection, development and implementation of the forthcoming IOPES system and device.

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