Development contract: “fire service digitalisation – virtual fire extinguishing trainer”<\/h1>\nContract for EDAG signed by district president Hermann-Josef Kl\u00fcber und Drik Keller.
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\nSafe and rapid action on the part of firefighters when fighting a fire or rescuing the injured from vehicles that have been in accidents is essential, and calls for regular training. In order to be able to provide effective assistance in these emergency situations, firefighters must have perfect command of their equipment, and know the correct tactical procedures and how to apply them.<\/p>\n
The digitalisation of the fire brigade by means of innovative virtual reality applications can help to provide regular and practical training for firefighters everywhere – regardless of the actual physical training objects that are available. Examples of such applications are provided by the “virtual fire extinguishing trainer”.<\/p>\n
On 4 October, 2021, District President Hermann-Josef Kl\u00fcber (District President of North-East Hesse) awarded EDAG Productions Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (EDAG PS) an order for the development of a virtual reality application which could be used as a realistic means of training staff to extinguish a fire inside a building. The contract was officially signed by Hermann-Josef Kl\u00fcber and Dirk Keller (CEO of EDAG PS) at the head office of EDAG PS in Fulda, marking the kick-off of the development project. EDAG PS, one of the world’s leading production engineering suppliers, has for years been focussing on the development of VR applications, for instance for manual painting training, or virtual robot programming.<\/p>\n
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From left to right: Hermann-Josef Kl\u00fcber (District President of Kassel) and Dirk Keller (CEO of EDAG Production Solutions GmbH & Co. KG)<\/strong><\/p>\nProject contents:<\/strong>
\nIn order to practise not only the best way of operating and handling the hose jets, but also the tactical approach, the idea is to simulate an inside fire using the virtual fire extinguishing trainer with VR glasses, which is to be extinguished using a genuine firefighting hose jet, which serves as a controller and is adapted to VR. The hose jet is converted in such a way that the water jet settings (flow rate and spray pattern) and movements (direction and angle) can be transferred to the virtual environment.<\/p>\nThe realistic simulation of water, fire and smoke development is also an important component of the virtual fire extinguishing trainer, to make immersion as realistic as possible. To this end, an individual algorithm that follows a phenomenological approach will be developed, to give the firefighter a realistic feeling of the elements.<\/p>\n
The following people were involved in the conception of this innovation project:<\/strong>
\nErwin Baumann \u2013 Head of the State Fire Service School in Hesse
\nHerrmann-Josef Kl\u00fcber \u2013 District President for North-East Hesse
\nThomas Finis \u2013 Head of Department 43 (Fire and Civil Protection)
\nDirk Keller \u2013 CEO of EDAG PS
\nNikolai Pappert \u2013 Project Manager Smart City \u2013 EDAG PS
\nBenjamin Kolobaric \u2013 Head of Visualisation Department \u2013 Feynsinn
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Safe and rapid action on the part of firefighters when fighting a fire or rescuing the injured from vehicles that have been in accidents is essential, and calls for regular training. In order to be able to provide effective assistance in these emergency situations, firefighters must have perfect command of their equipment, and know the correct tactical procedures and how to apply them.<\/p>\n
The digitalisation of the fire brigade by means of innovative virtual reality applications can help to provide regular and practical training for firefighters everywhere – regardless of the actual physical training objects that are available. Examples of such applications are provided by the “virtual fire extinguishing trainer”.<\/p>\n
On 4 October, 2021, District President Hermann-Josef Kl\u00fcber (District President of North-East Hesse) awarded EDAG Productions Solutions GmbH & Co. KG (EDAG PS) an order for the development of a virtual reality application which could be used as a realistic means of training staff to extinguish a fire inside a building. The contract was officially signed by Hermann-Josef Kl\u00fcber and Dirk Keller (CEO of EDAG PS) at the head office of EDAG PS in Fulda, marking the kick-off of the development project. EDAG PS, one of the world’s leading production engineering suppliers, has for years been focussing on the development of VR applications, for instance for manual painting training, or virtual robot programming.<\/p>\n
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From left to right: Hermann-Josef Kl\u00fcber (District President of Kassel) and Dirk Keller (CEO of EDAG Production Solutions GmbH & Co. KG)<\/strong><\/p>\n Project contents:<\/strong> The realistic simulation of water, fire and smoke development is also an important component of the virtual fire extinguishing trainer, to make immersion as realistic as possible. To this end, an individual algorithm that follows a phenomenological approach will be developed, to give the firefighter a realistic feeling of the elements.<\/p>\n The following people were involved in the conception of this innovation project:<\/strong>
\nIn order to practise not only the best way of operating and handling the hose jets, but also the tactical approach, the idea is to simulate an inside fire using the virtual fire extinguishing trainer with VR glasses, which is to be extinguished using a genuine firefighting hose jet, which serves as a controller and is adapted to VR. The hose jet is converted in such a way that the water jet settings (flow rate and spray pattern) and movements (direction and angle) can be transferred to the virtual environment.<\/p>\n
\nErwin Baumann \u2013 Head of the State Fire Service School in Hesse
\nHerrmann-Josef Kl\u00fcber \u2013 District President for North-East Hesse
\nThomas Finis \u2013 Head of Department 43 (Fire and Civil Protection)
\nDirk Keller \u2013 CEO of EDAG PS
\nNikolai Pappert \u2013 Project Manager Smart City \u2013 EDAG PS
\nBenjamin Kolobaric \u2013 Head of Visualisation Department \u2013 Feynsinn
\nChristoph Ketzler \u2013 Team Leader softWerk Visualisation \u2013 Feynsinn<\/p>\n<\/div>This might also interest you<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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