For many years, the EU has invested in creating policies to prepare the society for Disasters under the Civil Society Mechanisms Policies. According to statistics published by the International Association of Fire and Rescue Services (CTIF) in 2017, the number of registered professional firemen in 28 EU member countries is estimated 370,000 and active volunteer firefighters over 2.5 million. In our country, fire brigade services are carried out by professional fire brigades with the help of government agencies. The concept of voluntary firefighting in our country is very new and it is not known how many official volunteer firefighters exist Voluntary Firemen should have a variety of professional skills and competencies, and ensure that competencies are constantly renewed. In this context, under the EU 2020 Strategy, from the EU Civil Protection Mechanisms Policy through " promotion of prevention culture, development of cooperation preventing and reducing the potential effects of disasters among civil protection and other related services starting from establishing a better protection system against disasters" and lifelong learning policies, to realize the lifelong learning and mobility; To increase the quality and effectiveness of education and training systems; to Promote equality, social harmony and active citizenship; At every level of education, with the understanding of including entrepreneurship, increasing efforts for creativity and innovation and investing in human capital, starting from the priority of Erasmus + "Digital field open and innovative applications",Our institution has prepared the Digi-Fire Project to teach the Volunteer Firefighters with training by means of digital training materials The DIGI-FIRE project in which 7 partners participate from TR, DE, ES, RO countries aims to realize method of vocational trainings of volunteer firefighters actively working with Digi-FİRE project economically, quickly and easyly through e-learning. This project will serve at the same time to disseminate the voluntary firefighting specific to Turkey across Europe. The target group of the project is the 125,000 Voluntary Firefighters who actively work in the applicant institution and its partners The main objectives of the project are; •Developing the skills of volunteer firefighters who serve actively in a wide range region in EU Member States through digital training materials •To increase the capacity of NGOs working in the field of Voluntary Firefighting •To share good examples available in EU member countries in the digital field •To be prepared for possible catastrophes by increasing the number of Volunteer Firefighters in EU member states •To provide economical, easy and fast access to educational contents of volunteers living in rural areas with limited opportunities •Carrying out exchange of experience by transferring good examples of voluntary firefighting to our country •To Contribute to Voluntary Firefighting Policies In the project cycle, Voluntary Firefighting Training Needs Analysis (O1), Digital Training Materials (O2), Voluntary Firefighting e-Learning Portal (O3) outputs will be developed. Project Management Methodology: The management of the project will base its communication, collaboration and close working at every stage and activity of the project. For this reason, experienced managers and administrative staff will work on the project. Internal evaluation and audit processes, including internal meetings to be organized by each partner during the project, individual meetings with project staff, notes, e-mails and other forms of communication will be shared. Other forms of communication during the project will also be implemented as part of project management and implementation. The expected effects of with the guidance of the project to voluntary firefighting policies; •Associations will take chance of experince exchanges by transfering good examples of Voluntary Firefighting to our country •Promoting new teaching methods and updating education curriculum according to needs •Talents of voluntary firefighters who received education in international standarts in the field of firefighting services •Supporting the implementation of similar project in EU countries via EU funds Dissemination Works; *Multiplier Events(E1-E5) *Project will be announced to public via an introductory meeting.Branding, Logo designing and visibility items will be prepared *Informations, visuals, results about project will be shared on web pages serving in the field of search and rescue *Our international partners are going to share information about project on their own web pages and social media accounts *Web page of the project will serve in Turkish, English, Spanish, Romanian and German languages in order to reach a large mass group of people.Our partners are responsible of educational materials created during project, and also translations of reports and articles and publishment of project outputs
For many years, the EU has invested in creating policies to prepare the society for Disasters under the Civil Society Mechanisms Policies. According to statistics published by the International Association of Fire and Rescue Services (CTIF) in 2017, the number of registered professional firemen in 28 EU member countries is estimated 370,000 and active volunteer firefighters over 2.5 million. In our country, fire brigade services are carried out by professional fire brigades with the help of government agencies. The concept of voluntary firefighting in our country is very new and it is not known how many official volunteer firefighters exist Volunteer Firefighters should have various professional skills and competencies, and opportunities should be created to ensure continuous renewal of competencies. DigiFire project aims to increase the quality and effectiveness of EU Civil Protection Mechanism Policies, disaster management policies, lifelong learning policies, Education and training systems within the scope of EU 2020 Strategy; aimed to promote equality, social cohesion and active citizenship and to invest in human capital.To achieve this goal, he chose the method of supporting Volunteer Firefighters with digital training materials. The DIGI-FIRE project, in which 7 partners from TR, DE, ES, RO countries participated, aimed to realize the method of vocational training of actively working volunteer firefighters in an economical, fast and easy way with e-learning.This project also aimed to serve the spread of voluntary firefighting, specific to Turkey, to Europe.The target group of the project was 125,000 Volunteer Firefighters actively working in the applicant institution and its partners. The main objectives of the project were; •Developing the skills of volunteer firefighters who serve actively in a wide range region in EU Member States through digital training materials •To increase the capacity of NGOs working in the field of Voluntary Firefighting •To share good examples available in EU member countries in the digital field •To be prepared for possible catastrophes by increasing the number of Volunteer Firefighters in EU member states •To provide economical, easy and fast access to educational contents of volunteers living in rural areas with limited opportunities •Carrying out exchange of experience by transferring good examples of voluntary firefighting to our country •To Contribute to Voluntary Firefighting Policies During the project cycle, Digital Training Materials (O2) and Volunteer Fire Brigade e-Learning Portal (O3) outputs were developed. Project Management Methodology: The management of the project was based on communication, cooperation and close work at every stage and activity of the project.Experienced experts, managers and administrative personnel worked on the project.All methods were applied, including 4 physical meetings, 11 virtual meetings, individual meetings with project staff, notes, e-mails and other forms of communication held throughout the project. In these processes, the internal evaluation and control mechanism was shared.Other forms of communication during the project were also implemented as part of project management and implementation. The effects realized in disaster response policies together with the project; •Partner institutions transferred good practice examples of Voluntary Firefighting to our country, and we had the chance to exchange experiences. •The project promoted new teaching methods and updated the training curriculum according to needs. •Volunteer firefighters trained at international standards in the field of firefighting services increased. •Supporting the implementation of a similar project in EU countries through EU funds was encouraged. Dissemination Works; *Multiplier Events performed(E1-2) *It was implemented to the public with the project introduction meeting and the project closing meeting.Branding, Logo design and visibility items were prepared. Shared in all media channels and promotional products. *Information, images and results about the project were shared on the web pages serving in the field of search and rescue. *Our international partners shared information about the project on their own web pages and social media accounts. *One-on-one meetings, workshops and different activities were held with relevant stakeholders.