FEU Federation of the European Union Fire Officer Associations Vision 2020 Report on Strand 1 Improve EU Citizen‘s Safety October 2014

FEU Federation of the European Union Fire Officer Associations

Vision 2020Report on Strand 1 Improve EU Citizen‘s Safety

October 2014


Improve EU Citizen’s Safety

Projects involving member countries



• Projects involving member countries– Belgium

• By the end of August 2014, Belgium already peaked at 50 fire deaths and 27 severely burned citizens at home.• Due this poor result, the yearly two weeks of fire safety focussed on the issue:

"Don't challenge fire - every minute counts"• A website: "www.speelnietmetvuur.be" was released with various topics on fire

and carbon monoxide risk at home. Through the website fire services and of course citizens could download flyers, docs and instructions to make the daily life at home more safe.

• Policy Declaration• The Flemish government stated in her policy declaration 2014-2019 that the years

to come special action shall be taken to improve fire safety in youth residences such as juvenile institutions, camp infrastructure, youth hostels, youth clubs,.....



• Projects involving member countries– Belgium

• Regulations for healthcare facilities• Fire safety regulation in healthcare facilities will be harmonised and updated.

• Regulations for campus housing• From the first of October 2014, all student residencies are obliged to have smoke

detectors in each appartment and in all collective parts of the building



• Projects involving member countries– Czech Republic

• Ongoing projects• Gas detectors and Smoke detectors - to introduce the public to protect against the

effects of fire and gas in homes• FIRE SAFETY DAY - Friday of 13th Jun 2014 – Fire Service presentation,

Principles of fire prevention• HASÍK - Education of children in school – 2nd and 6th classes




• Education of persons with specifically needs (handicapped)• Joint project of the Fire & Rescue Brigade of Olomouc Region and City of

Olomouc• Specific groups of person:

• Purblind, blind• Deaf• Multiple disability• Resident of nursing homes, children in the special schools,

• Cooperation with communities associating people with disabilities




• Education of persons with specifically needs (handicapped)• Specific approach to education • Special forms of education - meeting with firefighters • Training of staff of nursing homes, persons organizing events for disabled • Special information materials - eg Braille• training for firefighters - specific communication and access to persons with

disabilities




• Education of persons with specifically needs (handicapped)1. Meeting with staff (nursing facilities, special schools ..) - Information on

administrative procedures in the event of fire, evacuation of clients2. Meeting people with special needs with firefighters, tour the fire station,

firefighters visit with the fire tracks3. Exercise focused on a fire in the building



• Projects involving member countries– Estonia

• No significant news



• Projects involving member countries– Finland

• Smoke Alarm Day • Monday December 1st is Smoke Alarm Day in all Nordic countries. The aim of this

annual awareness day is to encourage discussion on fire safety issues and to motivate people to take personal responsibility for their own fire safety.

• DIY fire drill • All workplaces, schools, educational institudes, day care centres, housing

companies and families are invited to organise fire drills in November or December. After enrolment organisation sends an email with instructions on how to organise a fire drill.

• A day at the fire station • A Day at the Fire Station is a family event that kicks off National Fire Safety Week.

People are invited to come and learn fire safety skills by doing fun hands-on exercises, while getting to know how your local fire brigade works. This event takes place at fire stations throughout Finland.



• Projects involving member countries– Finland

• Other contemporary safety campaigns are:• Sinä teet suojatien ("Pedestrian crossing constitutes of you"): A reminder

campaign for drivers to respect pedestrian crossing. Campaign is organised by the Finnish Road Safety Council

• Eläköön! ("Long live.!"): A general road safety campaign about not drinking and driving, respecting pedestrian crossings, using safety belts and watching out for elks and other animals. Campaign is organised by the Finnish Transport Safety Agency

• Mustavyö ("Black belt"): A campaign about importance of seat belts in cars. Campaign is organised by the Finnish Road Safety Council



• Projects involving member countries– Germany

• Berlin: PR- fire engine for prevention and education. • Also used for recruiting.




• German chief fire officers association discussed several issues regarding fire prevention i.e. insulation of buildings, • results can be found on their website (www.agbf.de).

• Smoke detectors for existing buildings are mandatory by the end of:• 2014 in 6 states, • 2015 in 3 states, • 2016 in 1 state, • 2017 in 1 state, • 2018 in 1 state, • 4 states have no specific rules yet.

• German chief fire officers association defined new demands on building inspections.




• Fire prevention in facilities for people with disabilities or impaired movement: • Discussion about general preparedness.• Fire prevention in such kind of facilities• German chief fire association issued general rules for fire prevention in these

facilities

• Education and training of the public:• Discussion about target groups (young, elderly) and their specific needs

• Use of social media, Braunschweig Fire and Rescue Services developed and presented a concept using facebook

• National meeting on fire preventional education for kids in Filderstadt




• Comparison of the different approaches on response planning in Europe, • study done by a German senior officer in his training period

• Fire prevention at workplaces: New approaches at DHL,• General use of spray can extinguishers



• Projects involving member countries– Italy

• General– The Italian National Fire Corp is involved in various projects started to promote fire

safety awareness both in the field of education, involving the Education Ministry, and in the worker's world, mainly focusing the growing number of foreign workers.




• Safety in schools– The Italian National Fire Corp web site www.vigilfuoco.it includes some links to

communication activity focused to Italian citizens, as "scuola sicura" (Safe School) and oriented to promote the safety culture in the school environment:

– Other projects started from The Italian National Fire Corp involved school grade children, on the awareness of the importance of an early education on safety field for the future workers and professionals:

– In the same way the fire stations involve childhood on public events, usually once a year as "Pompieropoli" (Firefighters City) to increase the bond of friendship between citizens and firefighters:




• LPG– Another communication activity was conducted as partner of LPG producers

association

• Safety at work– On the field of safety at work, various informative flyers, compiled in EU and Not

EU languages were diffused, with the aim to contribute at the national campaign to reduce the fatalities in the work environment.

– Look for the flyers by the following links: – albanese – http://www.vigilfuoco.it/aspx/download_file.aspx?id=12945

chinese – http://www.vigilfuoco.it/aspx/download_file.aspx?id=12955Français – http://www.vigilfuoco.it/aspx/download_file.aspx?id=12947English– http://www.vigilfuoco.it/aspx/download_file.aspx?id=12949Italiano – http://www.vigilfuoco.it/aspx/download_file.aspx?id=12921Espanol – http://www.vigilfuoco.it/aspx/download_file.aspx?id=12951Uckrain – http://www.vigilfuoco.it/aspx/download_file.aspx?id=12953




• Legislation and Training– With regard to the current legislation, the Italian National Fire Corp is involved in a

various activities related to the fire safety with a mandatory effect on workers training on fire safety.

– In fact the Italian National Fire Corp provide to the training and to the final examination of workers trained as internal fire safety team from the first EU work safety directive.

– On the other hand the activity of training of the fire engineers and fire technicians operating in the field of fire prevention and fire risk analysis started in 1984.



• Projects involving member countries– Netherlands

• No significant news



• Projects involving member countries– Sweden

• National inquiry about citizen safety• Inquiry made by Swedish Civil Contingency Agency• Households in Sweden were addressed.• Below: YES answered on the following questions:

Conclusion: Sweden is getting safe(r)!

2014 2010Do you have smoke detectors in

your house/apartment? 90% 85%Do you have a fire extinguisher in

your house/apartment? 59% 50%

Do you use a life jacket at sea? 74% Do you use a helmet when

bicycling? 37%

Do you use seat belts in car? 98% Do you ever test your smoke

detector? 97% 85%



• Projects involving member countries– Sweden

• Citizen alert• A new system for Important Public Announcement under crisis and

accidents• Makes it possible to also warn citizen via telephone • A complement to TV, Radio, websites and outdoor signals• A voice message telling what has happened and what to do



• Projects involving member countries– UK

• Prevention, Protection and Road Safety Campaigns • With fire and rescue services across the country, and supporting partners, CFOA

coordinates a number of annual safety week initiatives. Details of the latest campaigns that CFOA has been involved in are below.

» Fire Sprinkler Week 2014 » Ageing Safely Week 2014 » UK Hoarding Awareness Week 2014 » UK Home Safety Week 2014 » UK Road Safety Week 2014 » Other initiatives




• Prevention, Protection and Road Safety Campaigns • CFOA has worked with many partners on other Safety Initiatives.

» Child Safety Week » Bonfire Night Safety » Candle Safety Week » Age Action Alliance » Carbon Monoxide Awareness » Chinese Lanterns » Dementia Pledge » Grey Pride » Keeping Safe at Christmas » Pre-School Learning Alliance Family Chequebook » Make Time for Winter - Winter Road Safety Advice » Metal Thefts




• There are obvious changes in public health policy in the UK • Fire & Rescue Services are becoming more involved in the preventative local

community health care agenda • Fire & Rescue Services are becoming involved in health and well being visits

alongside home safety visits, to improve the health and well being of local citizens. • CFOA UK co-ordinates a number of national safety campaigns



Projects involving FEU



• Projects involving FEU– Safehotel

• promote Safehotel star– Slovenia is the next country which has a Safehotel. – Total number of certified hotels now 71– Several hotels have already refreshed - or underway - their

certicate now vaild until 2017.– Hungarian version of the website is now available



• Projects involving FEU– Pan European Road and Rail Safety • Revision of the SRT TSI

• Application guide finished• Points of concern by FEU:

– Max. temperature at tunnel ceiling of 450°C– Water supply of 800 l/min– Risk assessment (covered by general rules…)

• Letter to the European Railway Agency (ERA)


Vision 2020, Report on Strand 1

• Thanks for your attention

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FEU Federation of the European Union Fire Officer Associations Vision 2020 Report on Strand 1 Improve EU Citizen‘s Safety October 2014