Objective There are about 500 000 professional fire fighters in the European Union (EU). When called to fight fires they can be exposed to high levels of heat stress, which results in decreased physical performance and even heat exhaustion. If a fire fighter succumbs to heat exhaustion he requires rescuing and this then exposes other fire fighters and the public to increased risk. In order to reduce the risk of heat stress, the firefighters are limited to the time they can be at the fire which increases the number of fire fighters needed to fight a fire and this reduces efficiency and introduces complication into the communications between the crews fighting the fire. The StayCool project will develop and prototype a novel system for cooling the body that is light weight, has low energy consumption and so can be worn for prolonged periods of time. Wearing the StayCool system will reduce the wearers core temperature and allow fire fighters to stay at the fire for greater periods of time and so improve the efficiency of fighting the fire, extinguishing the fire quicker and so reduce risk of loss of life and damage to property. The StayCool partnership is ideally placed to develop and exploit this technology having expertise in protective clothing design and manufacture, physiological and human factors testing, mathematical and thermodynamic modeling, access to rapid prototyping and manufacture facilities and the ability to design for manufacture to ensure the StayCool system can be fully exploited. The StayCool system is primarily aimed at a launch market for fire fighters but there e are a number of applications where humans need to work in high ambient temperatures. Additional markets for this technology and associated products include industrial plant operators, miners, underground maintenance, nuclear decommissioning, general policing in hot climates, policing in protective equipment and for use in extreme sports. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilessocial sciencespsychologyergonomics Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator NORTH WEST TEXTILES NETWORK LIMITED Address Chorley road - peel house 2 BL1 3AA Bolton United Kingdom See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Stephen Kay (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EVA COMMERCE LTD Bulgaria EU contribution € 102 297,00 Address Lyulin 4, zahari stoyanov street 12 12 1359 Sofia See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Evgeniya Panayotova (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MAKATEC GMBH Germany EU contribution € 221 855,00 Address Siemensstrasse 3 3 71149 Bondorf See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sabine Wellerdiek (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data EAGLE TECHNICAL PRODUCTS LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 385 537,00 Address Leltex house, longley lane, sharston M22 4SY Manchester See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Kevin Rae (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data QINETIQ LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 5 950,00 Address Cody technology park ively road GU14 0LX Farnborough See on map Region South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight North Hampshire Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Simon Dodd (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL Spain EU contribution € 10 718,00 Address Calle manuel tovar 49 28034 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Alfredo Sanchez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CENTRO TESSILE COTONIERO E ABBIGLIAMENTO SPA Italy EU contribution € 7 320,00 Address Piazza sant anna 2 21052 Busto arsizio See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Varese Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Roberto Vannucci (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
