The development of a personal protective system for fire fighters

Smart@Fire® (Smart at Fire) is European project FP7, whose aim is to develop a Personal Protective System (PPS) for fire fighters, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The ICT system integrates safety critical functions and acts as the communication junction to the local control center.  The system will be placed inside fire fighter equipment.

The tender

Applycon successfully participated in Smart@Fire® tenders.

Market consultations took place on 10^th and 11^th September in Brussels, 17^th and 18^th September in Marseille, and 1^st and 2^nd October in Dortmund, and the final meeting was on 10^th October 2014 in Brussels.

In June 2014, the tender began with the “pre-business phase”, aimed at creating functioning prototypes in three stages (design proposal, prototype manufacture, and the first batch of products). The scope of the contract was to develop an intelligent Personal Protective System (PPS).

• Sensors – for measuring environmental parameters and vital bodily functions
• Localization systems – for location determination
• Data transmission and visualization systems – for improved situation evaluation

2014 

In December 2014, four consortia from the whole Europe were chosen and given contracts for the first stage of development – design construction.

• e-Bo/Seyntex
• Texport/BHT Solutions/ICON/IOS International/Omnisense
• Applycon/Elitronic/Holik International/Vochoc/University of West Bohemia/Dune
• Prevent & Deloza/Titera/Biotech Knowledge Center/Biotek Lab/ITP

2015

In 2015, only three consortia advanced to the next stage of the tender, including Applycon:

• e-Bo/Seyntex
• Texport/BHT Solutions/ICON/IOS International/Omnisense
• Applycon/Elitronic/Holik International/Vochoc/University of West Bohemia/Dune