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ERASMUS+ KA2 SAFED PROJECT
SAFETY: FIRE&DESIGN: SIMULATION FOR FIRE SAFETY TRAINING-SAFED
Nº. 2 – Abr-2020
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FIRE SAFETY TRAINING-SAFED” 2018-1-ES01-KA202-050316
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Now is April 2020. Things have changed since
our last meeting in Zaragoza during the C2&M3
events in February. In January, there was the
threat of the Coronavirus-Pandemic. Late
February, the pandemic arrived dramatically to
Italy and a week later to Spain. In March People
were confined at home and the “social distance”
is a must. The international mobility of people
has been forbidden or discouraged all over
Europe, also in Spain, Greece and Cyprus.
Under those circumstances, most of us are
working at home, and borders between our
countries are closed. Priorities have changed,
and firefighter services are working for safety
and security under uncertain conditions and new
circumstances and priorities. People are worried
about the health of relatives and friends first and
foremost. Public institutions are trying to deal
with all these scenarios with more or less
success.
The SAFED project, under those circumstances,
is moving step by step according to the Gantt
planning, agreed at the M3 meeting. CPIFP and
DPZ-Firefighters have produced original units.
Partners are evaluating them under the quality
control of Agni (Creathive). Panagiotis &
Christos (UWM & EUC) make a great job
deploying the materials in three languages over
the Moodle-platform located in EUC resources.
The Unit no.2 was released 24thFeb, the 3rd on
2nd March, Unit 4 on 16thMarz, and Unit no. 7
(but the 5th) on 6th April. Now we are expecting
to release three more Units by Unizar. The work
is being done for the IO2 and IO4.
Intellectual outputs are being produced
smoothly, but the real situation forces us to delay
the C3 event that was scheduled for May 2020
until September 2020 or later. Pilot training will
be delayed, depending on future availabilities.
The final meeting will not be possible to be held
in September. According to this situation, we
will be forced to ask for a delay in the final date
of the project and shift the last event until
December most likely.
There will be a time when we will be able to
undertake our duties fully again, and we are now
working for it, together, from Europe, and
hopefully we will be stronger and more united.
Javier Boira – CPIFP Corona de Aragón.
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EVENT C2 (TRAIN THE TRAINERS
E-TRAINING WORKSHOP)
In February 2020 was held in Zaragoza C2
Event, bringing together participants of the
different partners of the SAFED project from
three countries. The schedule of the C2 Event
appears on the left side
From the 3rd to the 5th of February, several
activities were carried out. The C2 started on the
3rd of February with a brief presentation of the
scheduled events. In the afternoon, the Pilot Unit
and the Learning Platform were presented. The
Pilot Unit addresses water surface rescue.
In the following days, another two learning units
about “Self-Containing Breathing Apparatus”
and “Fundamentals of Fire were presented”
Likewise, there were other remarkable activities
such as the visit to the facilities of the oxidizers
production-company PeroxyChem in La Zaida,
Zaragoza, or the practices with drones at the
facilities of DPZ in La Almunia.
The meeting was also attended by some teachers
and students of the CPIFP Corona de Aragon.
ZARAGOZA, FEBRUARY 2020 AGENDA
C2 EVENTS – TRAIN THE TRAINERS
E-TRAINING WORKSHOP
February 3, 2020, Monday:
✓ 12:00 am to 4:00 pm Reception and accommodation of
members.
✓ 17:00 pm Introduction of the Agenda of the events
✓ 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Presentation of the Pilot Unit on
the Platform (EUC)
✓ 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Questions.
February 4, 2020, Tuesday:
✓ 9:30 am Pick up of partners at Hotel Gran Via
✓ 10:30 am Arrive to the La Almunia’s facilities of DPZ
and Review of the activities to be done
✓ 11:00 am Presentation of the Module of SCBA (Self
containing breathing apparatus(CPIFP- Corona)
✓ 11:30 am Presentation of the Module of Drone Piloting
for fire-safety (CPIFP-Corona)
✓ 12:00 am Practice with drones in emergencies 1 (DPZ)
✓ 1:00 pm Practice with drones 2 (CPIFP-Corona))
✓ 2:30 pm Lunch
February 5, 2020, Wednesday:
✓ 9:30 am pick up of partners at Hotel Gran Via.
✓ 10:00 am Arrive to the facilities of Peroxychem in La
Zaida
✓ 10:30 am Presentation of the module “Fundamentals of
fire”.
✓ 11:15 am Visit to the facilities
✓ 2:00 p.m. Lunch
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M3 – 3RD TRANSNATIONAL MEETING
On 6 February 2020, other remarkable event
took place in Zaragoza, the third Transnational
Meeting. In this meeting, were discussed the
following issues: The Status of the Project, the
schedule for the remaining task or the financial
report.
The complete Agenda of the M3 Event is shown
on the right side of the page.
ZARAGOZA, FEBRUARY 2020 AGENDA
M3 EVENT- 3RD TRANSNATIONAL MEETING
February 6, 2020, Thursday:
✓ 09.15 am Welcome and Opening Session (CPIFP-
Francisco Valdivia)
✓ 09:30 am Status of the project (CPIFP-Javier Boira)
Brief overview of the project tasks already
implemented/results achieved by partners
✓ 10.00 am Review of the available materials, future
Units. (CPIFP-Javier Boira)
✓ 10.30 am Proposed schedule for remaining tasks and
events (CPIFP-Javier Boira)
• Schedule for materials
• Schedule for events
• Review of Quality-plan.
✓ 11.30 am Round table for discussing the proposed
schedule. (Coffee will be available) Every partner will
have time to evaluate, discuss, or make new proposals.
✓ 12:45 pm Financial Report (CPIFP-Emilio Ferrero)
✓ 1:15 pm Dissemination activities (CPIFP-Emilio
Ferrero)
✓ 1:30 pm Logos&Text in SAFED materials according
to EU requirements (CPIFP-Irene Lahoz)
✓ 1:40 pm Summary of the meeting and review of
agreements for the minute.
✓ 2:30 pm Lunch
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DRONES FOR RESCUE & SEARCH
Within the aforementioned activities of the C2
Event, there was a practice with drones. It was
presented an experimental RPAS (Remotely
Piloted Aircraft System), popularly known as
drone.
An experimental drone has been built with
environmental sensors to monitor parameters
such as temperature, carbon dioxide, carbon
monoxide or concentration of suspended
particulate matter.
The experimental drone can be equipped with an
infrared camera for situations of darkness and
provide real-time images for emergency
responders.
Drones are especially useful in search and rescue
missions. Firefighters of the DPZ have used
drones in emergency situations such as:
• Evaluation of risks thanks to the real-time
images.
• The search for a missing person in
inaccessible areas
• Asses the damages after flooding from the
overflowing Ebro river.
The Learning Unit 4, Drones for Emergencies,
of the SAFED Project, that has been recently
released, addresses the use of drones in
emergency situations. This unit has references to
laws and regulations as well as basic concepts
for preparing a flight and a basic operational
organization. The contents included in the
mentioned Learning Unit are:
1. Basic concepts and operation licenses.
2. Atmospheric conditions and pilot area.
3. Drone equipment required. Ground and
command post monitoring.
4. Drone flight. Support and coordination
with other search agents (dogs, people).
5. Confirmation and communication to the
physical rescue team.
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THE LEARNING PLATFORM
One of the aims of the SAFED Project is the
development of an E-Platform, accessible from
any portable device to host the educational
modules and develop a community of inquire.
The e-learning educational platform offers high
quality training and peer learning through social
interaction. The platform is easily accessible on
the website of the SAFED Project.
http://safedinfo.eu
The E-Learning Plattform is available in three
languages, English, Spanish and Greek and
includes:
• A Dashboard
• A Calendar
• Access to the different Learning Units
• An access to private files for the trainees.
The E-Learning Educational Platform has been
designed according to the following pedagogical
methodology:
• Make the firefighters reconsider previous
beliefs, as they study in the alcohol+water
experiment.
• Developing theoretical (process-oriented)
approaches
• The use of combined digital technologies
for training.
• Simulations
• Team-work, Development of Teams-
abilities
• Personal work, firefighters learns by
himself with the materials provided on the
platform.
The image below shows the Learning Unit 1
about Water Rescue. It can be observed how the
rope must be pulled in a diagonal angle from the
tide.
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LEARNING UNITS FOR TRAINING
Given the strategic importance of training for
firefighters, special emphasis should be placed
on the design of the learning materials, contents
and assessment of the learning-teaching process.
To date, five learning modules have been
released:
• The Pilot unit, which focuses on Water
Surface Rescue, which introduces the student
through the knowledge, skills and abilities of
rescuing a person that takes place in water
that moves slowly, flowing at least than 1
knot.
• The second addresses
Breathing Protection.
In this module the
trainees learn the types
of Respiratory
Protection Equipment,
its assembly, handling
and maintenance, and
the Standard that
applies to these
equipment
• The third one is about Fundamentals of
Fire. This module includes the theoretical
knowledge concerning fire and several
experiments
• The fourth unit deals with Drones for
Emergencies. This unit has references to
laws and regulations as well as basic
concepts for preparing a
flight and a basic
operational organization
• The last Unit released is
“Basics of Fire Fighting in
High-rise Buildings“, wich
is going to be nr.7 in the
numbering of Units.
The e-learning modules are available in various
languages on a Platform or e-Learning
Management System (LMS). The platform has
been created and developed jointly by two
partners of the SAFED project, the
Technological Research Centre of West
Macedonia and the European University Cyprus.
For the design and development of the units
have been taken into consideration the
following issues:
• Develop well-structured training
materials, with clear explanations.
• Offering the trainees feedback in every
learning unit, with the aim of they can
learn from their mistakes.
• Providing videos and contents with step-
by-step instructions in order to facilitate
the learning of skills to practice
professionally as a firefighter.
• Using a Platform for making the learning
process more interactive, dynamic,
accessible, and interesting.
The following is a sample of a QR code or quick
response code included in the module of
Respiratory Protection Equipment that open
a video explaining how to don the
compressed air respiratory protective
equipment.
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Concerning SAFED Project is important to
underline the approach in terms of Knowledge
Management. This approach involves processes,
strategies, and systems that provide and enhance
the storage, assessment, sharing, and creation of
knowledge. In that regard, it can be mentioned
the following factors:
• SAFED has three partners from different
countries Spain, Greece and Cyprus
specializing in firefighting, the DPZ
(Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza), the
Cyprus Fire Service, and the Society of
Volunteers of Civil Protection in Penteli.
The cooperation between them enables
partners to learn from each other’s sharing
training procedures, experience and
knowledge.
• The view and training experience provided
by the partners from the education sector.
SAFED involves renowned universities
and training organizations.
• The qualified team involved in the SAFED
Project ranging from engineers, project
managers, fire fighters, professors or
teachers.
The aim of this approach is develop best
practices for training the firefighters and
increase his preparedness and response.
There are several key factors of Knowledge
Management:
• Human resources are the main asset of an
organization. The skills, knowledge and
experience of each worker contribute
significantly to achieve the objectives of
an organization. While integrating human
resources with experience appears the
concept of “flow” which is the successful
use of the integrated knowledge.
• The technology since enables people to
access to the information.
• The processes are also important due to
structured and planned documentations
enable employees to share relevant
knowledge for implementing complex
tasks with associated risks.
• The information which should be
organized, stored safely and easily
accessible.
• The Training that is vital for the
performance of workers, above all for new
workers.
In that regard, SAFED project focus on the
integration of information, processes, training
and technology with the firefighters human
resources to help to provide a full knowledge
management system.
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CYPRUS FIRE SERVICE
The Cyprus Fire Service is department of the
Cyprus Police Force and deals with the
prevention and extinguishing of fires that
threatens life and property and the localizing and
rescue of life and property. The Cyprus Fire
Service has specially trained personnel, special
vehicles and specialized equipment. It also deals
with a lot of humanitarian incidents and services
to the public. Fire Service has stations in all
provinces, always ready to help the public, 24
hours, across the territory of the Republic of
Cyprus. In addition, the Fire Service advises the
public on fire prevention issues and checks the
accuracy of the measures taken to construct
buildings in terms of fire safety, in accordance
with European and international standards.
The SAFED team for Cyprus Fire Service shown
in the photo above is formed by the following
persons:
1. Andreas Christofi - Head of Cyprus Fire
Service Training School
2. Polyvios Hadjivassiliou - Chief Fire Officer
3. Nikos Mardas – Head of Strategic Planning
and European Programs Office
OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST
Within the framework of SAFED Project, in
December 2019 took place at the University of
Zaragoza a presentation of the final degree
project of Aitor Garcia Sorinas, student of the
University of Zaragoza. The project named
“Automation of an Indoor Fire Simulation
Facility for Training Firefighters” address the
monitoring and automation of the facilities of the
DPZ firefighters for indoor fire training, which
are located in La Almunia, Zaragoza.
It was supervised by César Garcia Hernandez
professor at the University of Zaragoza who
participates in the SAFED.
The student assembled a scale model of the
project using Arduino to control temperature,
pressure and 8 servo motors that open and close
the SHEVs (smoke and heat ventilation) units.
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LEISURE TIME-PICTURES
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MEDIA MENTIONS
https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/zaragoz
z/2020/02/06/bomberos-de-la-dpz-comparten-
formacion-con-companeros-de-chipre-y-grecia-
1357458.html
Published February 6, 2020 by Heraldo de
Aragon (Spanish version)
https://www.europapress.es/aragon/noticia-
bomberos-dpz-chipre-grecia-comparten-
talleres-formativos-dentro-proyecto-europeo-
safed-20200206124428.html
Published February 6, 2020 by Europa Press
(Spanish version)
https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/
aragon/talleres-formativos-bomberos-dpz-
chipre-grecia_1389230.html
Published by El Periódico de Aragon (Spanish
version)
https://www.facebook.com/dpzaragoza/videos/
356156728263451/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDTaoFJ0
0Ws
The Route of Science Chapter 136
Broadcasted November 3, 2019 by Aragon
Television
http://alacarta.aragontelevision.es/programas/en
-ruta-con-la-ciencia/cap-136-el-trabajo-nos-
enferma-03112019-2001
https://www.cope.es/emisoras/aragon/zaragoza-
provincia/zaragoza/diputacion-provincial-de-
zaragoza/noticias/los-bomberos-diputacion-
zaragoza-forman-junto-con-los-chipre-grecia-
20200206_613682
Published February 6, 2020 by www.cope.es
(Spanish version)