Innoventure
Culture: Making innovation a way of life
The
SCDF was the first in the world to fit
conventional fire engines with decontamination
facilities.
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Idea
under trial: The Stretcher Glide can
be used to transport casualties down
the stairs quickly and safely.
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Research
has shown that ideas are often unleashed
in an environment that is stimulating and unconventional.
By promoting the Innoventure Culture, the Singapore
Civil Defence Force (SCDF) aims to nurture officers
who are creative in expression and innovative in
thinking.
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Successful
idea: The RECCE Camera can be mounted
on aerial appliances and connected to
a monitor to facilitate more accurate
observations of a crisis situation.
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InnoventureLAND,
SCDF’s innovation centre, was set up in May
2002 towards this end. It is the perfect venue for
staff to hold informal discussions. Officers can
find tools that stimulate creative thinking, posters
that describe new concepts, as well as award-winning
projects that can spark more ideas. There is even
a small workshop for
Another
innovation that shows potential is this
Fire Extinguishing Grenade.
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those
interested in product testing or prototype development.
Within
the centre is InnoventureSPACE - a virtual environment
that inspires ideas and promotes learning by showcasing
some of the best WITs and SSS projects that have
been completed. The InnoventureSPACE also functions
as a repository for research materials and video
footages of past innovations.
