FKIP – The problem of flooding in Indonesia has not been resolved. According to data from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), in the 2010-2020 period there were almost 25,972 disasters in Indonesia. Based on these data, floods still dominate the occurrence of disasters in Indonesia and are closely related to the risk of drowning.

Based on this, the Student Entrepreneurship Creativity Program Team (PKM-K) Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta seeks to provide solutions in terms of mitigating water accidents.

The PKM-K team consisting of Andian Hidayat (Geographical Education 2018) as team leader, and consisting of Ajeng Pangesti (Geographical Education 2018), Ava Ananda Gitaloka (Javanese Language Education 2018), Rahma Surya Kusuma Putri (Javanese Language Education 2018), and Toni Pranada (Geographical Education 2019) saw the problem and then brought up the concept of floating pants through the title “Innovation of Waterproof Floating Pants as Mitigation of Emergency Conditions in the Water as well as Efforts to Introduce Indonesian Batik Culture (Batik Floating Pants)”.

The Floating Pants PKM-K team obtained maximum funding at the 2021 PKM event. After obtaining funding, the Floating Pants PKM-K team immediately carried out the production process which has now been completed and will now begin to be marketed.

The idea of ​​making floating pants was welcomed by the Head of the Geography Education Study Program.

“Floating pants are a brilliant idea related to flood disaster mitigation in Indonesia because floods are the most frequent disasters. In 2020 there were 1,518 incidents with a wide area coverage and many victims affected. The innovation of floating pants not only has the potential to reduce the risk of drowning but also becomes an opportunity for new variations of water tourism,” said Dr. Yasin Yusup, M.Sc., Head of Geography Education Study Program, FKIP UNS.

In addition, the uniqueness of this floating pants product is the use of motifs. The megamendung batik motif contains the meaning of protecting and nurturing. The use of the batik motif also received appreciation from the Head of the Java Language Education Study Program.

“The selection of the megamendung batik motif in the floating pants product can be a means of introducing and preserving the noble cultural heritage. This is a very good step,” said Dr. Djoko Sulaksono, S.Pd., M.Pd., Head of the Java Language Education Study Program, FKIP UNS.

How these floating pants work requires a few steps. The first step is to open the air valve on the side of the body of the pants. Second, blow several times until the buoyancy bubbles completely inflate to the maximum to fill the entire empty space in the floating pants. Third, after the float bubbles are filled with air, immediately close the air valve tightly. Lastly, floating pants can be used to float on the water.

These floating pants are also waterproof and windproof which can be used as pants in general and can be expanded in an emergency so they are flexible. Also, it has an air valve to facilitate inflating and has a double layer system and has a typical Indonesian batik pattern.

Meanwhile, the supervisors for the PKM-K Pants Floating Team are Lintang Ronggowulan, S.Pd., M.Pd. stated that the innovation of floating pants is very useful considering the condition of Indonesia which is often hit by floods. Andian as the team leader hopes that this floating pants innovation can contribute gold to UNS.

“It is scheduled to be released in August and hopefully the work of PKM-K can contribute to a gold medal at the PIMNAS 34 show,” said Andian.

Reporter : Aulia Anjani
Editor: Zalfaa Azalia Pursita

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