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AF3 Summer School

Istituto Superiore Antincendi – Rome Italy

20 September 2016

AF3 - Advanced Forest Fire Fighting

pre-final firefighting trials in Greece

Dimitris M. Kyriazanos, PhD National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” – NCSRD

Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications Integrated Systems Laboratory


pre-final firefighting trials in Greece

Summary

4 AF3 Second Annual Review 14 June 2016

• Exercise objectives

• Exercise locations

• Exercise assets

• Exercise scenario baseline

• Exercise sites

• Exercise participants

• Exercise episodes

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• Exercise assets


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Airplanes CL-215 implementing the novel AAFF (Advanced Aerial Fire Fighting) system to accurately and safely disperse extinguishing materials (pellets) from high altitude in any condition.

Demonstrate the effectiveness of the pellets in terms of accurate and safe deliver extinguishing materials.

Demonstrate detection and monitoring capabilities, integration and deployment of diverse systems including satellites, UAVs, and both mobile and stationary ground systems for the early detection of fire and for monitoring the propagation of smoke and toxic clouds.

Preliminary testing and debugging of the integrated deployable Crisis Management System based on C4I, Situational Awareness, FFL, Sensors & Devices, DS, Risk Analysis and other subsystems in order to improve its level of integration.

Pre-final trial of capsules’ preventive layer.

Improve the level of integration and collaboration of AF3 technologies and identify issues for improvement/correction.

Objectives of the Greek Trials

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• Exercise assets


• Exercise sites



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Exercise Locations

Main location/site (Naval Base Skaramagkas, SW of Athens): The considered area is mostly covered by forest with large terrain variations which affect its micro-climate. It borders:

• on the North with the storage facilities of the Hellenic Petreleum oil plant (refineries)

• on the South with the municipality of Perama

• on the West with the sea and

• on the East with the “Shisto” highway.

In its approximately 1.500 acres (607 ha) are sited: a 1.200 acres (485 ha) forest, crucial storage facilities, costal navy facilities, Hellenic Navy Petty Officers Academy facilities, which accommodate approximately 500 students.

Parallel location/site (Air Force resort, Vonitsa village): Parallel side exercise takes place in the Air Force resort close to Vonitsa village, 350km NW of Athens and 7km away the Aktion Air Base.

Aktion Air Base

Vonitsa Air Force resort

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Naval Base Skaramagkas (Athens)

Athens Skaramagkas Naval Base

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Elefsina Air Base (Athens)

10 Km

Elefsina Air Base

Skaramagkas Naval Base

Air Force Resort (Vonitsa)

Aktio Air Base

Vonitsa Air Force Resort

7 Km

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Exercise Assets

Firefighting assets CL-215 firefighting aircraft embedded with AAFF

Preventive Capsule System

Fire engines (3)

Special off-road firefighting vehicle

Water tanks

Ambulance

Subsystems and surveillance platforms

C4I

Fire Fighting Lab

Decision Support

Risk and Damage Analysis

Advanced Situation Awareness

Crisis Management

End user applications

Sensors and devices

Weather forecasting

Training

Satellite images

Sensors and mobile devices

Skylark Micro UAV

Pegasus UAV

micro-UAV from DJI INSPIRE 1

LIDAR system and extrapolation

Meteorological stations

Low Power Wireless Ground Sensor Network

First Responders data units

Fire Brigade Vehicle Data Units

DTFM paging add-on

Mobile application for fire first responders

Mobile video cameras mounted on the helmets

Mobile video cameras fixed on vehicles

Laser Range finder

Mobile application for the citizens

Social networking and community management

Remote health condition monitoring

Data fusion tools

Pulsimeter (+ Smartphone App)

Satellite/GSM Locate and tracking devices

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Exercise Assets

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• Exercise assets


• Exercise sites



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Exercise Scenario Baseline

• One mega-wildfire near populated area in the wildland-urban interface of the Naval Base of Skaramagkas and a second low-scale wildfire which breaks out in the Air Force Resort close to Vonitsa village one day after the ignition and the ongoing –according to the scenario- fire in Athens

• This is hence a close to double and parallel disaster

• The extent of the mega-wildfire disaster and the conditions create the need for:

• Early detection, monitoring & data fusion alerts

• Ground & aerial firefighting (CL-215)

• Search & rescue operations

• Medical assistance

• Evacuation of critical infrastructure

• UAVs monitoring

• The fire size in the Naval Officers Resort in Vonitsa is of small scale compared with the event of Athens and fire suppression is done only through:

• Pegasus II UAV patrolling capabilities

• Crowd sourcing & social media information

• Ground firefighting

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• Exercise assets


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Exercise Sites (Athens & Vonitsa)

No Installation and operational sites Description

1 Fire location for ground forces operation

All episodes dealing with ground forces were executed here. This site is quite close to the C&C Room.

2 Road exclusion This is the site where the episode of the road exclusion took place (at the entrance gates of the Naval Base)

3 Building evacuation This is the site where the episode of the building evacuation took place. The building that were used for that purpose is the School of Permanent Navy Petty Officers.

4 Capsules and preventive layers This is the site where the capsules system were tested. This site is a portion of Site#1

5 Fire location for aerial drops This is the site where all the episodes related to aerial forces and drops were executed.

6 Command and Control Room This the main operational site of the exercise where the Command and Control Room were installed. From this Room, all exercise’s episodes (from both events) were executed and monitored.

7 Elefsina Airport This is the Airport form where CL-215 took off bound for Skaramagkas Naval Base in order to drop water and pellets.

8 Vonitsa Air Force Resort This is the site where the minor and parallel firefighting event was tested.

9 Aktion Airport This is the site from where Pegasus UAV took off bound for the Air Force Resort of Vonitsa in order to detect and patrol the extinguishing mechanism

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Exercise Sites (Naval Base, Athens)

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350km

10km

3km

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Exercise Sites

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Exercise Sites

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Exercise Sites

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Exercise Sites

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Group of participants

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Participation – End Users

Hellenic Army

Hellenic Navy

Hellenic Air Force

CNVVF

TRAGSA

MOPS

• 194 registered participants

• 90 participants from End User organisations from Greece, Spain and Italy

• 70 operational and tactical players

• 13 external participants from the Advisory Board

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Episode Site Duration

Episode #1: Accident & risk identification areas Site #1: Stadium 15 min

Episode #2: Data fusion and fire detection Site #1: Stadium 15 min

Episode #3: Activation of the forest fire’s response mechanism

Site #1: Stadium

45 min

Episode #4: Exclusion of the surrounding area Site #2: Naval Base Gates

20 min

Episode #5: Search and rescue of injured firefighters Site #1: Stadium

1 hour & 25 min

Episode #6: Crowd behavior, evacuation of the Navy School

Site #3: Navy School

1 hour & 30 min

Episode #7: Activation of the preventive intervention capsule system

Site #4: Capsule

1 hour

Day 1 – Ground Based Tests

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Episode Site Duration

Episode #8: Request for aerial means and ground operation

Site #5: Triethnes 2 hours & 30 min

Episode #9: Lookout of the fire, rekindling and full extinction

Site #5: Triethnes 30 min

Episode #10: Fire alert using social media Site #8: Vonitsa village 15 min

Episode #11: Fire detection by UAV Pegasus II

Site #9: Aktion airport 45 min

Episode #12: Ground patrolling Site #8: Vonitsa village 30 min

Day 2 Aerial Means Tests


First pre-final firefighting trials in Greece

Thank you

AF3 Summer School

Istituto Superiore Antincendi – Rome Italy

20 September 2016

institute of informatics & telecommunications...

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