On May 3, 2017, at 11:30, E.P.P.O. and The Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA) performed an evacuation drill using the EPreS System. The drill was held at High School No. 6 in the Chalandri district of Athens in which 150 students are enrolled. The school building in which the drill took place consists of 2 floors. All floors were connected by two different staircases and there were two evacuation exits; at the ground floor...
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22/12/2016
After a period of testing E-Pres system with school classrooms that had visited the Natural History Museum of Crete and standardizing the process for implementation school evacuation drills, the Museum organized the first implementation of the system at a primary school of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The drill was implemented on the 21 of December 2016 at the 20th and 56th Primary schools that are hosted in the same building. The system was set in place and tested in the afternoon of the 20th...
22/12/2016
The Civil Protection Department of the Regional Unit of Pieria (Northern Greece) organized a three day event from 9 to 11 December 2016 under the title "Earthquake - Preparation & Prevention, Response, and Rehabilitation" which included seminars, workshops training courses and an exercise. The aim of the events was to raise earthquake awareness of local communities and voluntary groups. On December the 10th 2016, E.P.P.O. participated in a seminar and a workshop which were organized by...
13/12/2016
On November 30, 2016 the INGV partner made a drill of E-preS Project at D. Cimarosa Secondary School, Marechiaro Plexus, located in the city of Naples (Italy) inside the RED area of Campi Flegrei volcanic caldera. The building of D. Cimarosa Secondary School is made of four floors (figure 1) which hosted both the Primary School and the Secondary School. The drill concerned the Secondary School. The building has three exits at floor -2, floor -1 (outside stairs)...
12/12/2016
The E-PreS project was presented at the 8th European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation, EUROINVENT 2016 (http://www.euroinvent.org/), that took place in Iaşi, Romania, on May 19-21, 2016. The project was awarded the Gold Medal. EUROINVENT is the greatest exhibition of this type in South-East Europe. In the competition participated 516 inventions and research projects from 42 countries. The exhibition had over 15,000 visitors.
28/11/2016
On November 24, 2016, at 14:30 hours, the INCD partner performed an earthquake evacuation drill by using the E-PreS system. The drill was performed at School No. 77 in the Pantelimon district of Bucharest. The school building has a standardized design, of the type used in the 1970’s all over the country. Its location is right behind the blocks on Pantelimon Boulevard. The school has a large backyard, where students gather for various activities, and which is easy to access from each of the...
24/11/2016
On November 22nd, 2016 E.P.P.O. in collaboration with University of Athens (UoA) the coordinator of the E-PreS Project, executed a drill in Hellenic Navy's Petty Οfficers' Academy located in the premises of Naval Base in Skaramagas area, in Attica Region. The building of the Academy in which the drill took place consists of 2 floors, ground floor and basement. There were two evacuation exits; one at the ground floor and one at the basement. All floors were connected by two different...
22/11/2016
In the framework of E-PreS Project an earthquake drill took place in the premises of Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation (E.P.P.O.) on Thursday the 10th of November 2016. This drill involved the monitoring of the E-PreS System during the evacuation process in E.P.P.O. building facilities. In order to perform the respective drill, sensors (RFID readers) were placed in the stairs of 1nd and 2st floor and the exit of the building allowing the localization, and observation of speed...