The plan of work outlined in Annex 1 of the Grant Agreement has been delivered and all deliverables and milestones have been completed.
WP1 “The state-of-the-art in hydrogen safety provisions and training of responders” is complete. Three deliverables namely: D1.1 Report on hydrogen safety aspects of technologies, systems, and infrastructures pertinent to responders, D1.2 Description of regional, national, and international training activities for responders to accidents involving hydrogen and D1.3 Account of scenarios and operational emergency planning and response strategies and tactics, have been used to inform and underpin activities, particularly within WP2 and WP3.
WP2 focused on training materials is complete. The unique operational training facility at ENSOSP has been extended to account for cryogenic spills, and new virtual reality exercises have been developed. The curriculum in hydrogen safety for responders has been updated to reflect the state-of-the-art. A new set of lectures with additional content and modules has been produced, the European Emergency Response Guide (EERG) has been revised, and in addition to extending the scenarios considered for operational and virtual reality training, efforts have been made to support these elements virtually. The e-Platform with supporting tools is at
https://hyresponder.eu/e-platform/(öffnet in neuem Fenster). Educational materials have been stratified into up to four levels. These can be utilised within the training framework developed in WP5 for a learning module aligned to the European Qualification Framework.
Training clusters are established in 10 European countries (WP3) and responder trainers attended a one-week “train-the-trainer” event in June 2021, followed by an in-person training event in June 2022.
National workshops have been delivered in 10 countries, in the local language, utilising materials translated. The format of the training has varied from region to region to ensure it best meets local needs. Plans are in place in each region to build on HyResponder beyond the project.
Steps have been taken to disseminate the project in each region and more widely at e.g. international conferences.
The consortium has established the necessary administrative and management systems (WP6). The project website is in place (
https://hyresponder.eu/(öffnet in neuem Fenster)) and the e-Platform has been linked to this. A password-protected members’ area serves as a repository for all project documents.
