Abstract: Disclosed is a back-end system for emergency response, and a corresponding front-end system. The back-end system handles network communication to and/or from multiple information sources for gathering emergency response information from the information sources, including at least video data related to an emergency and/or security situation and additional emergency response information. The back-end system extracts subsets of information from the emergency response information at least partly based on input originating from one or more users and/or operators.

Abstract: A camera system is provided comprising multiple camera sub-modules. Each camera sub-module comprises a tapered Fiber Optic Plate, FOP, which in tapered form is referred to as a Fiber Optic Taper, FOT, for conveying photons from an input surface to an output surface (of the FOT, each FOT comprising a bundle of optical fibers arranged together to form the FOT; and a sensor for capturing the photons of the output surface of the FOT and converting the photons into electrical signals, wherein the sensor is provided with a plurality of pixels, and each optical fiber of the FOT is matched to a set of one or more pixels on the sensor. The camera sub-modules are spatially arranged such that the input surfaces of the FOTs of the camera sub-modules together define an outward facing overall surface area, which generally corresponds to the surface area of a spheroid or a truncated segment thereof, for covering at least parts of a surrounding environment.