Many of the challenges we face as a society revolve around communication and/or a lack of communication. How often have you found yourself thinking if you had only known what others knew you may have made different decisions. We can never improve if we fail to take advantage of a simple but powerful tool. Our ability to talk to each other. It is time to TALK FIRE.

Our fire simulations can provide a backdrop for improving firefighter tabletop discussions of residential or commercial structure fires. Bringing your group together to see a real building, maybe one from your community, with a simulated fire allows for healthy discussions regarding ICS, strategy, tactics, apparatus placement, security, EMS and other fire scene requirements. During these tabletop discussions each firefighter get to hear, see and ask questions that will better prepare them to execute for the team since each will have an idea of what is expected. Think about it. If we have less fires then we need to at least TALK FIRES.

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Drag and Drop Table Top Fire Simulation - Fire Location: Somewhere in Everett, MA

In the old days there were more fires.  That meant more firefighters developed skills based on working fires.   Today we experience less fires, we work with less personnel and we are expected to be "the expert".  We can not become experts the old fashion way BUT we can use our expertise in conjunction with technology to create interactive fire simulations.  This is just one example of a simple fire simulation.   You can drag and drop hydrants where they may actually go, you can drag and drop your resources into positions based on a tentative strategy and you can have each member of your crew modify the plan by repositioning the resources into different locations and explaining why.  This has the potential to convert bland one dimensional talking into two dimensional visual training followed by three dimensional on site pre fire planning.  

Take A Look ... What Would You and Your Crew Do?

Fire Simulation Residential

This is It a simple exercise involving Size-up when arriving on scene and the building is on fire.   What kind of strategies and actions will you consider during the first six minutes?  How will those actions determine efficient and effective strategic and tactical operations?

Fire Simulation Services & Exercises

Fire Simulation Commercial Building 

We continue with size-up refresher.  Look at the steps discussed during our first simulation and modify your strategy based on this commercial fire simulation

Fire Simulation Services & Exercises

Fire Simulation - Thinking Exercise
Vehicle Fires, Planned Approach

This seems like a no brainer. Care fires are a relatively straight forward event.  Stretch a line, pop the hood (engine compartment fires) drown it, make up, return to quarters.  Many incidents happen just like that and no one is seriously injured.   However, the reminder that many vehicles still contain hydraulic gas struts that become explosive and can become a projectile are real.  This is a simple simulation discussion exercise designed for you and your crew to think and discuss at the fire house kitchen table.

Fire Simulation Thinking Exercises
Follow up Electronic Presentation on Car fires, Dangers & Approach