Projects
IRIS builds on digital solutions
IRIS - Industrial Risk and Safety Solutions relies heavily on digital solutions in the processing of our customers' projects and in research and development work. A high-performance simulation infrastructure ensures that safety-related questions are answered as early as the planning phase of plants and operating facilities.
The range of our services extends from fire simulation and digital optimization of emergency plans to caus and effect analysis in the context of quantitative risk analyzes. IRIS is not only a user, but actively develops models and calculation methods itself. This enables us to offer solid results for our research partners and tailor-made solutions for our customers from industry and commerce.
Safety has many dimensions
Project
EMERDEC
The EMERDEC project investigates the foundations and mechanisms of decision-making by leadership personnel in emergency response organizations to establish a better development basis for leadership support systems.
Currently, many decision support systems are based on the well-known "leadership cycle." The exact mechanisms of information processing and decision-making play a central role in decision support but are not yet sufficiently researched. Digital support systems can only provide concrete, beneficial suggestions if these decision-making mechanisms are understood and adequately defined for digital processing. The currently low adoption rate of digital support systems, despite their wide availability, highlights the need for fundamental research results on decision-making processes among emergency responders.
EMERDEC lays the groundwork for the experience design of decision support systems in emergency management and ensures a more comprehensive understanding of the challenges and needs faced by responders in decision-making situations.
EMERDEC is a cooperative and interdisciplinary research project that draws on experts from psychology, sociology, data science, emergency management, and emergency response organizations.
Project
RECOVER-E
The increased use of alternative propulsion systems in the mobility sector is a necessary prerequisite for achieving climate goals. For this reason, the share of electric vehicles is growing significantly year by year and is expected to continue developing dynamically in the coming years. However, in the context of e-mobility, several safety-related issues remain insufficiently addressed.
To address this issue in depth, the project Recover-E was launched as part of the "Zero Emission Mobility Implementation" program by the Climate and Energy Fund. The study is being conducted in collaboration with the Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association, SEDA Umwelttechnik GmbH, the Montanuniversität Leoben, the Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle, and Touring Club, TÜV SÜD Landesgesellschaft Österreich GmbH, and under the leadership of IRIS – Industrial Risk and Safety Solutions e.U.
Fire Risk in Mining
IRIS - Industrial Risk and Safety Solutions supports a mining company in the analysis of fire risks in underground mining. Long escape routes and mobile fire loads such as conveyor and connecting vehicles make fire protection in mining a special challenge for safety concepts. IRIS supports our customers in the creation of a fire protection concept for underground mining operations.
IRIS uses modern methods for the analysis of the fire risk and the assessment of the existing safety systems. Through close coordination with authorities and specialist planners, an optimal result can be achieved for the customer.
Forest Fires and Site Safety
The increasing number of forest fires worldwide, but also in Europe, becomes an increasing danger to critical infrastructures. Oil and gas plants, industrial installations or energy supply facilities are often situated nearby or directly in forest areas. IRIS has developed a methodology to determine the risk of forest fires for critical infrastructures or production sites. The methodology enables us to specifically assess the risk of external fires as natural hazards.
As part of a risk assessment for an oil and gas company, IRIS brings in its methodology for analyzing the hazards of forest fires. Together with fire protection experts from the IRIS partner network, fire risks feed directly into emergency planning, concepts for emergency responder and the catalog of suggestive measures of the specialist planners.
Explosion
Safety Seminar
IRIS - Industrial Risk and Safety Solutions offers tailor-made trainings and lectures for companies and organizations. A one-day special seminar on "Explosion safety for metal dusts" was designed, organized and carried out by IRIS for a company in the metalworking industry.
Through this seminar, IRIS was able to help ensure the safety of employees in a growing production sector. In addition to the basics and normative requirements, essential competencies for risk analysis in the combustible dust sector have also been imparted.
Emergency Training
In an ongoing project, IRIS Industrial Risk and Safety Solutions is developing a training program for a company to qualify specially trained employees to support internal rescue measures. IRIS delivers extensive knowledge in both, emergency management and active rescue work.
In addition to a theory block, training content for employees is e.g. basic firefighting skills, the use of gas measuring devices or the handling of rescue devices and rescue equipment in confined spaces. The training takes place in-house with internal resources and directly in your own working environment. In this way, employees can be optimally prepared for the company's internal emergency scenarios.