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ERASMUS+ KA2 SAFED PROJECT
SAFETY: FIRE&DESIGN: SIMULATION FOR FIRE SAFETY TRAINING-SAFED
Nº. 1 – Dic.2019
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INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN - ERASMUS+ PROJECT “SAFETY, FIRE & DESIGN: SIMULATION FOR
FIRE SAFETY TRAINING-SAFED” 2018-1-ES01-KA202-050316
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Firefighting is a physically and mentally
demanding occupation since firefighters have to
make many time-critical decisions in possibly
life-threatening situations. Thus, they have to go
through extensive training in order to increase
their preparedness for these demanding
situations. SAFED partnership comprises of
universities and training organizations, fire
services and civil protection volunteers’
organizations as well as a non-profit research
organization with a view to support firefighters
in acquiring and developing further their skills
and competences and improve the quality and
effectiveness of their training through an
innovative training methodology supporting the
effective use of digital technologies and distance
learning pedagogies. We herewith provide our
view on how project results and activities serve
specific priorities of the program.
TARGET GROUPS
Regarding firefighters, career officers and
volunteers, who constitute the main target
groups of this project, literature review reveals
that a lack of scientific understanding of fire
behavior and its consequences such as
evacuations, protections of cultural heritage,
forests, inappropriate tactics, and insufficient
live fire training opportunities are the major
contributing factors to the injuries, deaths, and
property losses recorded. Moreover, due to stress
or pressure resulting from the crisis situation, an
individual is likely to make a mistake. However,
experimenting on a real system is costly, often
inconvenient and in some fields completely
impossible and dangerous. SAFED project using
the simulation environment, which, although it
cannot fully replace real conditions it can
approximate them, will train users to prevent
mistakes in real life incidents. To further
facilitate trainees acquire new knowledge and
experience, simulation training will be coupled
with state of the art scientific knowledge in the
e-training platform which will host the training
modules.
THE PROJECT AIMS
SAFED project aims to improve the
preparedness and work safety of firefighters for
future crises, emergencies, national catastrophes
by developing an innovative e-training program
based on a successfully tested and implemented
simulation model coupled with state of the art
scientific knowledge and based on capability
gaps as these will be identified from a
comprehensive needs analysis in 3 countries:
Spain, Greece and Cyprus.
More specifically the objectives of this project
include:
• Provide better quality training for
firefighters to increase preparedness and
ability to act in rescue missions also.
• Facilitate and support professionals in
refreshing their skills and validating
procedures acquired from practice.
• Identify knowledge and practice gaps
through comprehensive training needs
analyses.
• Develop an e-training curriculum as a
result of cooperation among 3 countries
(Spain, Greece & Cyprus) based on
evidence gathered from simulation
installations that will address existing
knowledge and practice gaps.
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• Develop an e-platform, accessible from
any portable device to host the educational
modules and develop a community of
inquire
• Generation of new and better simulation
scenarios improving the knowledge
database through the cooperation of
experienced fire fighters from different
countries.
• Mitigate the resource availability problem,
sharing the use of the already existing
installations with the participants of the
project,
• Both on-site and through distance
learning.
• Exploit further and mainstreaming a
successful training model.
ACTIVITES
The activities scheduled in the project are
divided in three main groups:
1) Training Promotional Events (x3)
2) Final Conferences (x3)
3) Partnership Meetings (x4)
In addition to those main activities, a web site of
the project was created and four newsletters like
these wan will be published and distributed.
The project started with a “kick off meeting”
that took place in Spain, 28 and 29 of November
2018. The objective of this meeting was to
clarify and discuss the overall activities
concerning SAFED project. The event was
synchronized with the “II Conference on
Sustainable Simulation for Fire Safety” in La
Almunia, Zaragoza-Spain, where our partners
where engaged as organizers and speakers.
RESULTS
The project consists of 5 Intellectual Outputs:
1. O1 Fire training needs analysis
TYPE: Studies / analysis – Best practice
guidelines / report
2. O2 Design and development of the e-
training platform
TYPE: Services / structure – E-learning
platform
3. O3 Simulation training for fire safety
TYPE:Course / curriculum – Design and
development
4. O4 SAFED e-training
TYPE: Open / online / digital education –
E-learning course / module
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September 2019: “C1 -TRAIN THE
TRAINERS SIMULATION WORKSHOP”
Zaragoza Sept.2019
ONCOMING - EVENTS
The upcoming events that will be held in Zaragoza (Spain) are scheduled for February:
• Transnational staff training event - C2 Train the trainers e-training workshop, Organized
by DPZ
o February 3, 2020 Monday – Zaragoza
▪ Presentation of the activities. Review of the proposed procedure for e-training.
o February 4, 2020 Tuesday– Zaragoza
▪ E-training simulation activities
o February 5, 2020 Wednesday – Zaragoza
▪ E-training simulation activities
• 3 rd transnational meeting-M3. Organized by CPIFP-Corona de Aragón
o February 6, 2020 Thursday – Zaragoza
▪ Organized by CPIFP-Corona de Aragón
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OUR PARTNERS:
CPIFP Corona de Aragón
The CPIFP Corona de Aragón is an integrated
vocational training public school, with over 60
years of experience imparting training in different
modalities.
Located in the heart of the city of Zaragoza, it has
80 teachers, 8 administrative workers and service
members, attending more than 900 students of
Higher Education.
The Centre has broad experience in European
Programs since more than 20 years, being
involved in international exchange programs such
as SUDOEFOP, Leonardo da Vinci and Erasmus
Mobility.
The "CPIFP Corona de Aragón" is certified by
AENOR in ISO 9001-2015, for formal vocational
training and employment training, with the aim of
ensuring the highest quality.
University Of Zaragoza
The University of Zaragoza (Spain) has more than
4,900 teaching and research staff, over 1,800
administration and service staff, and more than
30,000 students. It is generalist, offering courses
in all areas: Arts and Humanities, Experimental
Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and
Law and Engineering and Architecture.
Academic staff at the University of Zaragoza are
highly specialised and have a broad research and
teaching experience.
From left to right César García-Hernández, Eduardo José Sánchez-Álvarez, Pedro Ubieto-Artur and María Pilar González-Vera
Technological Research Centre of West
Macedonia
The Technological Research Centre of West
Macedonia is a private self-governed legal entity
closely linked to the Technological Education
Institute of West Macedonia.
The objectives of the center are: to promote
technological research, to resolve specific
production process problems by applying
scientific and technological conclusions, to
support the social and economic development of
the region of West Macedonia, to improve
production methods and procedures in order to
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meet not only the regional but the national needs,
as well, to develop applications and products, to
provide services and to support industrial and
handicraft units.
European University Cyprus
European University Cyprus (EUC) was founded
in 2007 with the mission to educate students for
successful careers and life achievement, to
understand and serve the needs of society, and to
create knowledge through research and
innovation. EUC has participated in more than
150 projects funded by organizations such as the
Horizon2020, Erasmus+, 7th Framework
Program, Lifelong Learning Programme, DGs of
the European Commission, and Cyprus Research
Promotion Foundation.
Research activity is primarily carried out by a
number of research centers and laboratories,
which includes the Center of Excellence in Risk
and Decision Sciences (CERIDES). Researchers
from CERIDES comprise the EUC team, which
participate in the implementation of the SAFED
project. CERIDES aims to become the reference
point for Risk and Decision Science related
subjects in South Eastern Europe. The areas of
focus of CERIDES revolve around two basic
pillars; risk and decision science with an
application to a number of horizontal areas such
as: Security, Safety, Telecommunications,
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Industrial
Processes.
Creative Thinking Development
CRETHIDEV is a nonprofit company, which
focuses on research, as well as development of
studies and action plans for local communities,
mainly in the fields of life-long learning,
environmental protection, innovation,
employment and local development, health,
athletics and culture.
CRETHIDEV, created by experienced
professionals, consultants & designers with high
scientific training, long-term cooperation with
companies in traditional sectors of the Greek
economy, high professional diligence and
enthusiasm. The scientific training them, cover a
wide range of functions of each organization and
business.
It seeks to create a knowledge database and
improve networking and cooperation among
local, regional, national, European authorities,
organizations, business associations to promote
innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainable
development and exchange of knowledge and
expertise, through research and European projects
and cooperation with universities, companies,
public authorities, and training centers.
CRE.THI.DEV. focuses on researching and
developing action plans for: Enterprises (leather,
footwear, textile, clothing, marble, wood and
furniture, ceramics, silver & gold, synthetic
polymers, agrofood and others) Local, regional,
national and European authorities, international
organizations, non EU countries
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DPZ
Diputación Provincial de Zaragoza (DPZ) is the
Provincial Government of the province of
Zaragoza and its general purpose is to provide
legal, economical and technical help and co-
operation to the municipalities.
The province of Zaragoza is in the Spanish region
of Aragón and it has an extension of 17.275 Km2,
with 956.006 inhabitants (2015).
DPZ provide an emergency service, primarily in
all related with fire, rescues in any kind of
incidents or accidents in any environment and
situations in which dangerous goods takes part.
One of the two firefighter schools in Aragon
depends on the Provincial Service for Fire
Extinguishing of the DPZ (Servicio Provincial de
Extinción de Incendios de la Diputación
Provincial de Zaragoza) and hundreds of learners
have used its installations. The instructors in this
service have acquired their knowledge and skills
in collaboration with other Spanish and European
schools, being trainers of regional firefighters, as
well as professionals from other regions.
Cyprus Fire Service
The Fire Service is part of the Cyprus Police
Force and deals with the prevention and
extinguishing of fires that threaten 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 maintains firefighting stations in all
provinces, airports as well as its Special Disaster
Response Unit “ΕΜΑΚ”.The Central Fire Rescue
Coordination Center has special communication -
systems, tracking, localization equipment in order
to coordinate all actions of service to the public
across the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.
The CY Fire Service has its own training school
with specially trained trainers who train all staff
on various methods of preventing and
extinguishing fires that threaten life and property
and issues related to rescuing life and property.
The Fire Service has 664 permanent members and
169 seasonal firefighting workers (paid –staff).
Society of Volunteers of Civil Protection in
Penteli
Society of volunteers of Civil protection in
Penteli is a non-profit association. With regard of
the civil protection, the voluntary service of the
members of the association have to do with the
citizens of Penteli and with the other
municipalities and communities of Attica, and
they deal with cases of natural disasters of rapid
or slow development (i.e. earthquakes, fires,
floods), technological disasters (including
biological, chemical and nuclear incidents) and
with cases of extreme weather events affecting
the wider area of the mountain of Penteli and
helping the actions related to the prevention,
treatment and rehabilitation of the above disaster.