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Legislative Assessment for Safety Hazards of Fire and Innovations in Ro-ro ship Environment

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Deliverables

Alarm system interface prototype (opens in new window)

Alarm system interface prototype based on T07.5. Demonstration and validation of guidelines and development of alarm system interface prototype, targeting intuitive understanding and fast and precise action.

Prototyping and demonstration of vehicle identification tool (opens in new window)

Prototyping and demonstration of vehicle identification tool based on T08.7. Prototyping and demonstration of vehicle identification tool followed by on-site testing and assessment of feasibility as well as usefulness.

Safe electrical systems and equipment demonstrator (opens in new window)

Safe electrical systems and equipment demonstrator based on T08.15, T05.12. Demonstration of safe electrical systems and equipment onboard new ship under construction and operational routines for safe electrical connection of reefers and electrical vehicles in ro-ro spaces onboard ship in operation.

Firefighting resource management simulator prototype (opens in new window)

Firefighting resource management simulator prototype based on T07.13. On-site demonstration of firefighting resource management simulator prototype.

Demonstration of prototype for detection of potential ignition sources (opens in new window)

Demonstration of prototype for detection of potential ignition sources based on T08.8. On-shore demonstration of equipment for detection of the main fire ignition hazards, in particular heat sources (usually coming from electric devices) for fire preventive purposes.

Stowage plan visualization aid (opens in new window)

Stowage plan visualization aid based on T08.6, T08.9. Onboard demonstration of stowage plan visualization aid.

Onboard demonstration of weather deck fire‑extinguishment solutions (opens in new window)

Onboard demonstration of weather deck fire‑extinguishment solutions based on T10.8. System installation and performance demonstration of selected weather deck fire-extinguishment systems onboard vessel.

Alarm system interface prototype development and testing (opens in new window)

Alarm system interface prototype development and testing based on T075 Description of alarm system interface prototype development and testing targeting intuitive understanding and fast and precise action

Field study report of alarm panel insufficiencies and improvement identification (opens in new window)

Field study report of alarm panel insufficiencies and improvement identification based on T073 Description of qualitative study using questionnaires on board observation and indepth interviews of bridge team members to identify design insufficiencies and determine userdefined functionalities and design improvements

Development of and guidelines for quick manual fire confirmation and localization (opens in new window)

Development of and guidelines for quick manual fire confirmation and localization based on T066 Description of development of guidelines and final guidelines for quick manual fire confirmation and localization in roro spaces

Evaluation and development of tactics, gear, equipment and guidelines for effective first response (opens in new window)

Evaluation and development of tactics gear equipment and guidelines for effective first response based on T069 Description of evaluation and development of tactics gear equipment for firefighting of vehicles in roro spaces and guidelines for effective first response

Development of environmental assessment tool (opens in new window)

Development of environmental assessment tool based on T054 Description environmental assessment tool which will provide environmental impact results for manual firefighting and weather deck fire extinguishment solutions

First proposal on updated rules and regulations on fire safety (opens in new window)

First proposal on updated rules and regulations on fire safety based on T033 First proposal on updated rules and regulations on fire safety that have been reviewed by the two established advisory groups

Deployment and validation of firefighting resource management simulator prototype (opens in new window)

Deployment and validation of firefighting resource management simulator prototype based on T0713 Description of deployment and evaluation from a Human Centred Design perspective of firefighting resource management simulator prototype

Guidelines for firefighting gear, equipment and tactics, considering AFVs (opens in new window)

Guidelines for firefighting gear equipment and tactics considering AFVs based on T0612 Description of guidelines for firefighting gear equipment and tactics considering AFVs in roro space fires based on results gathered from the fullscale testing

Review of accident causes and hazard identification workshop report (opens in new window)

Review of accident causes and hazard identification workshop report based on T04.2, T06.2, T08.2. Description of reviewed of accident causes in ro-ro spaces and the performed hazard identification.

Guidelines for manual screening of cargo fire hazards and effective fire patrols (opens in new window)

Guidelines for manual screening of cargo fire hazards and effective fire patrols based on T062 T063 T064 Description of developed guidelines for manual screening of cargo fire hazards in roro spaces and effective fire patrols

Ship integration cost and environmental assessment (opens in new window)

Ship integration cost and environmental assessment based on T056 T059 T512 Description of ship integration cost and environmental assessment

Cost-effectiveness assessment report (opens in new window)

Costeffectiveness assessment report based on T046 T047 Description of the costeffectiveness assessment that will be performed to judge the marginal return of the selected technical or operational safety measures

Final Report on Dissemination, Communication and Cooperation (opens in new window)

Final Report on Dissemination Communication and Cooperation based on T032 T035 Final report on cooperation and dissemination and communication of project results to target groups

Large-scale validation of the new fire test standard for alternative fixed fire-fighting systems (opens in new window)

Largescale validation of the new fire test standard for alternative fixed firefighting systems based on T1011 Validation of new fire test standard for alternative fixed waterbased firefighting systems for roro spaces and special category spaces to replace that described in MSC1Circ1430 representing the safety level provided by current prescriptive system requirements

Description of prototypes and demonstration for identification of vehicles and ignition sources (opens in new window)

Description of prototypes and demonstration for identification of vehicles and ignition sources based on T087 T088 Description of developed vehicle identification tool and equipment for detection of potential ignition sources

Quality Assurance Procedure (opens in new window)

Quality Assurance Procedure based on T02.1. Description of quality assurance procedure which will assure the technical quality of the project deliverables.

Consolidation of performance assessments and solutions' impact on safety (opens in new window)

Consolidation of performance assessments from Development Demonstration WPs

Background and testing of smart alert system of nearby first responders (opens in new window)

Background and testing of smart alert system of nearby first responders based on T0610 Description of background and testing of ship indoor information system and an applicationbased platform of a roro indoor navigation and indoor fire intelligence system that will send messages text audio video or images to the crew around the activated fire detector with important safety information useful to tackle the fire

Development and testing of AFV firefighting routines, equipment and tactics (opens in new window)

Development and testing of AFV firefighting routines equipment and tactics based on T0612 Description of development and fullscale testing of AFV firefighting routines equipment and tactics in roro space fires

Updated Dissemination and Communication Report and updated plan (opens in new window)

Updated Dissemination and Communication Report and updated plan based on T032 T035 Updated report on dissemination and communication of project results to target groups as well as updated plan

Developed ro-ro spaces fire detection solutions and recommendations (opens in new window)

Developed roro spaces fire detection solutions and recommendations based on T097 T098 T099 T0910 Description of development testing and validation of roro spaces fire detection solutions and recommendations

Description of the development of local application fire-extinguishing systems and selected solutions (opens in new window)

Description of the development of local application fireextinguishing systems and selected solutions based on T102 T103 T104 Description of the preconditions development and testing of novel fixed waterbased local application fireextinguishment systems

Evaluations and recommendations for fire confirmation and localization (opens in new window)

Evaluations and recommendations for fire confirmation and localization based on T0911 T0912 Description of conditions and technologies for visual fire confirmation and localization which will be used to develop new solutions and recommendations for visual fire confirmation and localization

Development of means for ro-ro ship safe evacuation conditions in relation to fire integrity and walk-off abandonment (opens in new window)

Development of means for roro ship safe evacuation conditions in relation to fire integrity and walkoff abandonment based on T116 T117 T118 Description of means for roro ship safe evacuation conditions in relation to fire integrity and walkoff abandonment which includes identifying weak areas of fire integrity evacuation simulations and heat transfer simulations

Definition of generic ships (opens in new window)

Definition of generic ships based on T052 Description of the generic ships defined to be used as starting point for integration evaluations fire simulations performance assessments of new solutions cost estimations etc

Development of new standard for effective fire patrols and recommendations for manual screening of cargo fire hazards (opens in new window)

Development of new standard for effective fire patrols and recommendations for manual screening of cargo fire hazards based on T062 T063 T064 Description of how new routines for fire patrols can be implemented for a real ship as well as guidelines on how to conduct efficient manual screening of cargo

Development and validation of safe electrical systems, equipment and routines (opens in new window)

Development and validation of safe electrical systems equipment and routines based on T0813 T0814 T0815 Description of development and validation of safe design of ship electrical systems and equipment and operational routines for safe electrical connections

Guidelines for electrical systems, equipment and routines, providing safe electrical connection of reefers and electrical vehicles in ro-ro spaces (opens in new window)

Guidelines for electrical systems equipment and routines providing safe electrical connection of reefers and electrical vehicles in roro spaces based on T0813 T0814 Description of guidelines for electrical systems equipment and operational routines for safe electrical connections in roro spaces

Development of smart alert of nearby first responders (opens in new window)

Development of smart alert of nearby first responders based on T0610 Description of development of a ship indoor information system which will send messages to the crew around the activated fire detector with important safety information useful to tackle the fire

Ro-ro space fire database and statistical analysis report (opens in new window)

Ro-ro space fire database and statistical analysis report based on T04.3. Description of ro-ro space fire database consolidated from various sources and the statistical analysis performed.

Impact on regulations by new solutions and consolidation of new proposals for regulations (opens in new window)

Impact on regulations by new solutions and consolidation of new proposals for regulations based on T048 T049 Description of the potential reduction of risks and costeffectiveness by new solutions and consolidation of new proposals for regulations

Design guidelines for bridge alarm panels (opens in new window)

Design guidelines for bridge alarm panels based on T074 Description of design guidelines process and methods for improved fire detection interface design

Stowage planning optimization and visualization aid (opens in new window)

Stowage planning optimization and visualization aid based on T086 Description of stowage planning risk optimization tool that given a certain ship deck configuration and cargo manifest will identify and detect the potential risks associated to current loading plan and optimize distribution of transport units in accordance with the management routines proposed

Description of development and assessment of safe ro-ro space openings (opens in new window)

Description of development and assessment of safe roro space openings based on T119 T1110 T1111 Description of definition of conditions establishment and validation of safe design with roro space openings

Design definition and development of firefighting resource management simulator prototype (opens in new window)

Design definition and development of firefighting resource management simulator prototype based on T0712 Description of design definition and development of firefighting resource management simulator prototype accompanied by documentation of processes that ensure scalability and adaption

Definition and parametrization of critical fire hazards, classification of cargoes, transport units, engines, fuels and vessels and identification methodologies (opens in new window)

Definition and parametrization of critical fire hazards, classification of cargoes, transport units, engines, fuels and vessels and identification methodologies based on T08.2, T08.3, T08.4. Description of definition of conditions for cargo fire hazard management and database connection and assessment of cargo identification technologies and sensors for fire ignition prevention identification.

Elucidation and guidelines for ro-ro space ventilation in case of fire (opens in new window)

Elucidation and guidelines for roro space ventilation in case of fire based on T1112 T1113 T1114 Description of definition of conditions establishment and validation of roro space ventilation and smoke extraction

Development of means for sub-division of ro-ro spaces (opens in new window)

Development of means for subdivision of roro spaces based on T112 T114 T115 Description of development of means for subdivision of roro spaces and the largescale performance test used to evaluate the selected solutions

Development, theoretical evaluation and preliminary assessment of requirements for horizontal division of ro-ro spaces (opens in new window)

Development theoretical evaluation and preliminary assessment of requirements for horizontal division of roro spaces based on T112 T113 Description of definition of conditions for division and subdivision of roro spaces and investigation of requirement for horizontal division of roro spaces

Development and onboard assessment of drone for assistance in firefighting resource management and rescue operations (opens in new window)

Development and onboard assessment of drone for assistance in firefighting resource management and rescue operations based on T0711 Description of development and onboard assessment of drone and camera monitoring system for integration with the firefighting resource management centre as a useful technology providing overview of the fire situation as well as decision support in firefighting resource management

Description of the development of weather deck fire-extinguishing systems and selected solutions (opens in new window)

Description of the development of weather deck fireextinguishing systems and selected solutions based on T105 T106 T107 T108 Description of the preconditions development and testing of fixed weather deck fireextinguishing systems

Development and implementation of design guidelines and procedures for extinguishing system activation (opens in new window)

Development and implementation of design guidelines and procedures for extinguishing system activation based on T076 T077 T078 Description of development and implementation of design guidelines and procedures for extinguishing system activation

Overall integration with firefighting control centre (opens in new window)

Overall integration with firefighting control centre based on T0811 T085 T087 T088 T88 T0710 Description of all the predeveloped tools and systems with firefighting control centre

Final Exploitation Plan (opens in new window)

Final Exploitation Plan based on T035 Description of the final exploitation plan of the project

Ship integration evaluation (opens in new window)

Ship integration evaluation based on T055 T58 T511 Description of ship integration evaluation of solutions

Fire risk assessment and establishment of requirements [material property performance and test method for evaluation] for combustible surfaces in ro-ro spaces (opens in new window)

Fire risk assessment and establishment of requirements material property performance and test method for evaluation for combustible surfaces in roro spaces based on T0816 T0817 T057 Description of fire risk assessment and establishment of requirements material property performance and test method for evaluation for combustible surfaces in roro spaces

Developed weather deck fire detection solutions and recommendations (opens in new window)

Developed weather deck fire detection solutions and recommendations based on T093 T094 T095 Description of development testing and validation of weather deck fire detection solutions and recommendations

Study and analysis of regulations, accident investigations and stakeholders for bridge alarm panel design (opens in new window)

Study and analysis of regulations, accident investigations and stakeholders for bridge alarm panel design based on T07.2. Description of study and analysis of regulations, accident investigations and stakeholders for bridge alarm panel design.

Development of fire hazard mapping visualization tool with fire hazard matching integrated (opens in new window)

Development of fire hazard mapping visualization tool with fire hazard matching integrated based on T085 Description of development of fire hazard mapping visualization tool with fire hazard matching integrated

Development of firefighting resource management centre design (opens in new window)

Development of firefighting resource management centre design based on T0709 T0710 Description of development of firegihting resource management centre design intended to play the role as the vessel control panel in fire emergency situations

Development of holistic risk model report (opens in new window)

Development of holistic risk model report based on T044 Description of development of holistic risk model for estimation of the current safety level of the different generic ships developed in WP5

Preliminary impact of solutions and related testing and demonstrations plan (opens in new window)

Consolidation of input from Development Demonstration WPs on IR0423

Development of and guidelines for communication of fire confirmation (opens in new window)

Development of and guidelines for communication of fire confirmation based on T067 Description of development of and guidelines for the procedure means and coverage of communication during localization and confirmation of a roro space fire

Performance, feasibility and integration assessment (opens in new window)

Performance feasibility and integration assessment based on T057 T510 T513 Description of performance feasability and integration assessment

Simulation tool for consequence quantification (opens in new window)

Simulation tool for consequence quantification based on T045 Description of simulation tool for consequence quantification of roro ship fire and smoke propagation

Ship integration requirements (opens in new window)

Ship integration requirements based on T055 T58 T511 Description of requirements for integrating solutions

Description of stowage plan visualization aid demonstration (opens in new window)

Description of stowage plan visualization aid demonstration based on T086 T089 Description of stowage planning optimization and visualization aid demonstration

Updated test standard for alternative fixed fire-fighting systems (opens in new window)

Updated test standard for alternative fixed firefighting systems based on T1010 Description of development of new fire test standard for alternative fixed waterbased firefighting systems for roro spaces and special category spaces to replace that described in MSC1Circ1430 representing the safety level provided by current prescriptive system requirements

Cost-effectiveness assessment report: Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis report (opens in new window)

Costeffectiveness assessment report Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis report based on T046 T047 Description of the uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the costeffectiveness assessment that will be performed in accordance with the IMO Formal Safety Assessment guidelines

Development of cost assessment tool (opens in new window)

Development of cost assessment tool based on T053 Description of cost assessment tool that will be used to determine financial parameters and for sensitivity analysis of all input parameters

Consolidated guidelines on screening systems [including ignition prevention sensors], appropriateness and placement indications (opens in new window)

Consolidated guidelines on screening systems including ignition prevention sensors appropriateness and placement indications based on T0810 T85 T087 T088 Description of consolidated guidelines on screening systems for roro spaces including ignition prevention sensors appropriateness and placement indications

First project flyer brochure printed (opens in new window)

First project flyer brochure printed based on T03.5. Production of the first (of two) project brouchers.

Project video (opens in new window)

Project video based on Task T035 Establishment of the project video

Final Project Brochure (opens in new window)

Final Project Brochure based on T035 Production of the final project brochure

Project website published, initial version (opens in new window)

Project website published, initial version based on T03.5. Establishment of the initial version of the project website.

Cost assessment tool (opens in new window)

Cost assessment tool based on T05.3. Cost assessment tool that will be used to determine financial parameters and for sensitivity analysis of all input parameters.

Fire hazard mapping visualization tool with fire hazard matching integrated (opens in new window)

Fire hazard mapping visualization tool with fire hazard matching integrated based on T08.5. Hazard mapping tool with visualization of risky ‘hot’ zones and different hazard types of cargo, and support element to identify hazards associated to each zone of the vessel according to the cargo unit’s position (at planning and real level), etc.

Environmental assessment tool (opens in new window)

Environmental assessment tool based on T05.4. Environmental assessment tool which will provide environmental impact results for manual firefighting and weather deck fire extinguishment solutions.

Holistic risk model (opens in new window)

Holistic risk model based on T04.4

First Dissemination and Communication Report and updated plan (opens in new window)

First Dissemination and Communication Report and updated plan based on T03.1, T03.2, T03.3, T03.5. Report on dissemination and communication of project results to target groups, as well as updated plan.

Publications

“Seafarers should be navigating by the stars”: barriers to usability in ship bridge design (opens in new window)

Author(s): Brit-Eli Danielsen, Margareta Lützhöft, Torgeir Kolstø Haavik, Stig Ole Johnsen & Thomas Porathe
Published in: Cognition, Technology & Work, Issue 14355566, 2022, Page(s) 675–691, ISSN 1435-5566
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10111-022-00700-8

A Geolocation and Smart Alert System for Nearby First Responders on Roll-on/Roll-off Vessels (opens in new window)

Author(s): Paschalis Mpeis; Jaime Bleye Vicario; Demetrios Zeinalipour-Yazti
Published in: ERCIM News 123, Special theme: Blue Growth, Issue 09264981, 2020, ISSN 0926-4981
Publisher: European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6779349

Water Spray Fire Suppression Tests Comparing Gasoline-Fuelled and Battery Electric Vehicles (opens in new window)

Author(s): Magnus Arvidson and Örjan Westlund
Published in: Fire Technology, Issue Bimonthly, 2023, ISSN 1572-8099
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-023-01473-w

Indoor Quality-of-position Visual Assessment Using Crowdsourced Fingerprint Maps (opens in new window)

Author(s): Christos Laoudias; Artyom Nikitin; Panagiotis Karras; Moustafa Youssef; Demetrios Zeinalipour-Yazti
Published in: ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems, Issue 23740353, 2021, ISSN 2374-0353
Publisher: Association of Computing Machinery
DOI: 10.1145/3433026

AnyplaceCV: Infrastructure-less Localization in Anyplace with Computer Vision (opens in new window)

Author(s): Paschalis Mpeis; Athina Hadjichristodoulou; Ioannis Ioannides; Demetrios Zeinalipour-Yazti
Published in: 23rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM '22), Paphos, Cyprus, June 6 - 9, 2022., 2022
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
DOI: 10.1109/mdm55031.2022.00062

Miten hallita ro-ro-tilojen aukkoihin liittyviä paloriskejä?

Author(s): Tissari, Alexandra; Verma, Nikhil; Korhonen, Timo; Kling, Terhi; Hakkarainen, Tuula
Published in: Palotutkimuksen päivät 2021, Pelastustieto Special Issue, 2021
Publisher: Palo- ja pelastustieto ry

SMAS: A Smart Alert System for Localization and First Response to Fires on Ro-Ro Vessels (opens in new window)

Author(s): Paschalis Mpeis; Jaime Bleye Vicario; Demetrios Zeinalipour-Yazti
Published in: The 16th ACM International Conference on Distributed and Event-based Systems (DEBS '22), Association for Computing Machinery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27th June – 30th June 2022., 2022
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6779455

The Anyplace 4.0 IoT Localization Architecture (opens in new window)

Author(s): Paschalis Mpeis; Thierry Roussel; Manish Kumar; Constantinos Costa; Christos LaoudiasDenis; Denis Capot-Ray; Demetrios Zeinalipour-Yazti
Published in: 21st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), Versailles, France, 30 June-3 July 2020, 2020
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
DOI: 10.1109/mdm48529.2020.00045

Experimental study of radiation attenuation using water curtains in a reduced-scale deck of a ro-ro ship (opens in new window)

Author(s): Zeinali, Davood; Ingold, Florian; Acem, Zoubir; Rabah Mehaddi; Parent, Gilles; Collin, Anthony; Boulet, Pascal
Published in: 1st International Conference on the Stability and Safety of Ships and Ocean Vehicles, 2021
Publisher: University of Strathclyde
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5906865

Zero Infrastructure Geolocation of Nearby First Responders on Ro-Ro Vessels (opens in new window)

Author(s): Paschalis Mpeis; Jaime Bleye Vicario; Demetris Zeinalipour
Published in: International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding 2022, 13-15 September, 2022, Yokohama, Japan, 2022
Publisher: The Royal Institution of Naval Architects
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7112705

Method for the definition of fire ignition frequency based on type of ro-ro spaces in ro-ro ships (opens in new window)

Author(s): Eric De Carvalho; Matthieu Gadel; Léon Lewandowski; Antoine Breuillard
Published in: Issue 2, 2021
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5525016

Main Causes of Cargo Fire Incidents in Ro-Ro Spaces: An analysis over the last 25 years (opens in new window)

Author(s): África Marrero, Paco Gasparín, Francisco Rodero and Pablo Sanz
Published in: Urban and Maritime Transport, 2022
Publisher: Wessex Institute
DOI: 10.2495/umt220141

Lash fire – reitti ro-ro-alusten parempaan paloturvallisuuteen

Author(s): Hakkarainen, Tuula; Tissari, Alexandra; Verma, Nikhil; Korhonen, Timo; Kling, Terhi
Published in: Pelastustieto: Palontorjuntatekniikka-erikoisnumero, Issue 30, 2021, Page(s) 48-51, ISSN 0031-0476
Publisher: Pelastustieto: Palontorjuntatekniikka-erikoisnumero

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