The ANSFR European Project: Good Practice in Fire Risk
Assessment and Management
Project summary
The ANSFR Project is an innovative two-year
project that will be delivered by Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (UK),
Frederikssund-Halsnæs Fire and Rescue
Department (Denmark), the
Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco – Nucleo Investigativo
Antincendi (Italy), and the Emergency Services College
(Finland).
The project will be delivered between
1st January 2009 and 31st December 2010. The
project is co-funded by the European Commission
Directorate-General for Environment under the 2008 Call for
Proposals in Civil Protection (grant number:
070401/2008/507848/SUB/A3).
Project aim and activities
The aim of the project is to reduce the human
and financial cost of fires in Europe. This will be achieved by
developing new tools and techniques for European Fire and Rescue
Services. These tools will be used to aid the effective
identification, assessment and management of fire risks. The new
tools will enable Fire Services to be better prepared to prevent
and reduce the factors that can lead to high levels of fire risk. A
full list of the project objectives can be found on the
ANSFR Project website.
The following three categories of fire risk
will be used to structure the project:
Accidental fires risk –
"The threat, danger or possibility of a fire being started as a
result of an accident and/or as a result of negiligence and/or
as a result of lack of knowledge and awareness of common potential
causes of fire."
Environmental fire
risk – "The threat, danger or possibility of a fire
being started within a rural or rural-urban interface
environment as a result of accidental/deliberate human
activities or as a result of natural phenomena, such as lightning
strikes, volcanic eruptions etc."
Social fire risk – "The
threat, danger or possibility of a fire being started as a result
of arson and/or as a result of factors associated with, or
factors contributing to, the "high risk lifestyle" of an
individual or social group."
These three fire risk themes are being
deployed by the project team to structure the activities
and expected outcomes of the project.
Expected outcomes
The key expected outcomes of this ambitious
project will include:
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The design and delivery of four regional
workshops.
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The creation of a website
and training tool presenting useful resources.
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The creation of guidance documents
for Fire and Rescue Services in Europe concerning good
practice in fire risk assessment and management.
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The delivery of the Fire Risk in Europe Conference 2010.
Project Workshops
Each partner will host one of the project
workshops. The schedule for the workshops is:
Project Results
As of 30th April 2010, the project partners have already made
excellent progress in delivering some of the expected outcomes of
the project. The partners have already delivered 3 of the 4
workshops and the project website and training tool has been
created. The website went live on 1st April 2010 at
www.fire-risk.eu . All of this work
has been completed on schedule.
The project partners are also on target to deliver the
remaining expected outcomes of the project, including: the
final project workshop in Kuopio (Finland); the Fire Risk in Europe Conference 2010: and the
guidance documents for Fire and Rescue Services in Europe on
good practice in fire risk assessment and management. The Fire Risk
in Europe Conference 2010 will be delivered ahead of schedule
on 21st and 22nd June 2010.
Further information
Further updates about the ANSFR project will
be posted on this website as and when they become
available. To find out more about the project, please
view the documents included on this page. If you would like further
information, please visit the ANSFR Project website or
contact:
Dr. Rob Stacey
ANSFR Project Manager
Northumberland Arson Task Force
Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service
++44 (0)1670 534794
Robert.Stacey@northumberland.gov.uk
Please note that the European Commission
does not accept any responsibility for information published on
this webpage or for any use made of the information contained
therein.
