System simulation for the pre-emption of emergency vehicles

Within the SIRENE project, funded by German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, a comprehensive system is being developed for the pre-emption of emergency vehicles. The resulting SIRENE system is to be applied in a complex urban environment together with the Braunschweig fire brigade. The development work includes secured communication between emergency vehicles, traffic infrastructures and the mission control system of the Braunschweig fire brigade. Major aspects of the project are tests and validation of the overall system within a combined simulation basis. Therefore, a realistic modelling of system elements, especially traffic light signals and traffic situations, is essential. For this purpose, the simulation environment SUMO (Simulation of Urban MObility) is applied. Another pursued goal is to accelerate the system development processes and error handling by using the simulation.