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The LFKS, Germany's first fire academy utilizing blended learning and virtual training, offers 250 courses annually for 6,000 students, 95% of whom are volunteers. Students engage in realistic scenarios with a focus on economy, ecology, and security. The curriculum includes leadership education for group, platoon, and brigade leaders, employing modern didactic concepts and comprehensive educational materials. Students benefit from enhanced preparation, lower failure rates, and significant time savings in training. Join us in revolutionizing disaster management training.
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Training forfire-serviceanddisastermanagement New methods
INTRODUCTION OF THE LFKS • 250 courses/year • 6.000 students/year • 95% volunteers • high practical relevance • first fire-academy in Germany using „Blended learning“ in lower command level education • first fire-academy in Germany using Virtual Trainings
Reasonsforvirtualtraining • Possibility to repeat szenarios • Communication Teacher-Student • Security • Realistic representations • Economy • Ecology
APPLICATION IN THE LEADERSHIP EDUCATION • group leader (up to 1+8 staff) • 4 hours • Platoon leader (up to 1+22 staff) • 4 hours • brigade leader (more than 23 staff) • 3 hours
Lessonslearned • full acceptance of the participants • time required is equal to the classical tabletop exercise • brief familiarization with Joystick • training can be carried out by one teacher • existing scenarios (three building, highway) are sufficient for standard fire-service training at the LFKS
MOTIVATION • Recruitment of qualified fire-mates as a new group leader • Revision of the previous course material and teaching methods • Savings in lost wages cost of local authorities • Appreciation of the volunteer fire brigade through innovative course offerings
results • very low rate of discontinuation • students better prepared for practically training • lower failure rate • target group reached
Students FEEDBACK • comprehensive educational texts • learning-enhancing graphics and animations • user-friendly control module • good support by the moderators
teachers FEEDBACK • Graphics and animations are used for their clarity in the classical courses • high level of learning discipline required
SOCIAL RELEVANCE disastermanagement – disastermanagement – disastermanagement – disaster-management Terrorattack floods Aviationaccident Shooting spree Chemical spill Train accident
Target Group • high level commanders (fire, rescue, distastermanagement), for example: • brigade leaders (fire-service) • chief emergency physicians • medical incident scene officers • dispatch centre personell
MOTIVATION • legal requirements (UVV, StVO, …) • unrealistic representation of time and staff • high preperation time (months) • subjective evaluations (observers) • exemption of the volunteers • Costs (ca. 100.000 € / big realtime drill) • No chance, to remind problems and do the drill again • Scientific conflict in tactical procedures
METHODICAL REALISATION EMS, Firestations, … Incident scene Real times, real staff dyn. patients transport hospital treatment
TECHNICAL REALISATION patient XVR evaluation XVR ISEE MapServer
SOLUTIONS MOTIVATION • exemption of volunteers • subjective evaluations (observers) • high preperation time (months) • Costs (ca. 100.000 € / Übung) • legal requirements • Scientific conflict in tactical procedures • unrealistic representation of time an staff • Laws don‘tbother (simulation) • realisticrepresentaionoftimesandstaff • shortpreperation time (hours) • objectiveevaluation (database) • modern educationforvolunteers Costs (300.000 € (one time) = 3 real drills) tacticalvariations will leadtomosteffectivestrategy Nochance, toremindproblemsand do the drill again Research tosupportnewstrategicaldiscussions
SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF disastermanagement – disastermanagement – disastermanagement – disaster-management Terrorattack floods Aviationaccident Shooting spree Chemical spill Train accident
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Feuerwehr- und Katastrophenschutzschule Rheinland-Pfalz Lindenallee 41-43 56077 Koblenz