Pilot Implementation in Saint-Sylvestre and Exhibition in Limoges City Hall (2023)

The French pilot consisted of the educational and promotional exhibition at the Limoges City Hall and of the pilot exercise in the commune of Saint-Sylvestre, Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitane region in west-central France. The pilot implementation took place between September 29th and October 1st, 2023. 

The exhibition in Limoges City Hall featured a poster exhibition and a first look at the citizen engagement app, which the visitors had the opportunity to test.

Led and managed by SILVANUS partner International Emergency Firefighters (PUI), the exercise in St Sylvestre featured a roadside fire outbreak scenario. Woode biodiversity app, citizen engagement app, fire detection sensors, fire detection using social sensing system, robots and drones were tested.

The exercise was conducted in front of more than 70 attendees from 10 countries, including National Forest Office in France, Municipality of St Sylvestre, and SILVANUS Consortium members.

Pilot Implementation in the 2nd Trial Period (2024) – Saint-Cernin-de-Larche, France

On the eve of the International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, SILVANUS carried out another successful pilot demonstration in France.

Led by SILVANUS Consortium member International Emergency Firefighters (PUI), the team convened at the pilot site in Saint-Cernin-de-Larche in Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France on October 11th and 12th, 2024.

The successful testing of the SILVANUS platform brought into the forefront its decision-support system to efficiently deploy technology such as drones and water bombing helicopters to suppress wildfire. MESH-in-the-Sky communication system was utilized to transfer drone images and videos, and the augmented reality / virtual reality toolkit was presented to showcase firefighter training methods.

Full list of platform components / user products tested in detail:

• Fire Detection based on Social Sensing
• AR/VR Training for Firefighters
• MESH-in-the-Sky Wireless Communication System
• Decision Support System – Resource Allocation of Response Teams
• Fire Ignition Model
• Biodiversity Index Calculation
• DSS – Forest Fire Alert System

More than 60 participants attended the event, and alongside SILVANUS partners, the team wishes to thank firefighters and officials from Brive Airport and SSLIA Brive Vallée de la Dordogne, along with the community of Saint-Cernin-de-Larche for their assistance in organising the pilot exercise.