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Innovations in protecting firemen to be presented at Brussels conference

Smart@fire, an EU funded project that aimed to use innovative ICT solutions to develop systems that offer firefighters greater protection, will hold a conference in Brussels (Belgium) from 14 - 15 December 2016 to present its findings and achievements.

Every year, over 100 firefighters in Europe die whilst saving others. To help lower this number, the project used a pre-commercial procurement approach to develop sensors that measure environmental parameters and vital body functions, localise systems to determine the firefighter's position, and provide data to better assess potentially dangerous situations.

As well as discussing advances in the field of personal protective equipment, the conference will look at public procurement of innovation, pre-commercial procurement, smart textiles and wearables, and EU policy instruments on innovation. The conference, which is free of charge to attend, is organised and financed by the Smart@ project in cooperation with Enprotex, the European Network of Public Procurers in the field of Protective Textiles.

For more information, visit the Smart@fire website.

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