Train and test firefighters in a safe, interactive, virtual, yet realistic and challenging environment!
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL - FLAME-SIM is designed to teach, train and test firefighters in a safe, interactive, virtual, yet realistic and challenging environment. Utilizing high-end video gaming technology previously developed for entertainment purposes, it offers a real time, expandable fire fighter training and evaluation experience without the costs and risks involved in traditional approaches.
State-of-the-art computer simulation puts the trainee in “real world” situations in a totally interactive training environment that challenges them either randomly or by instructor directed programming to apply theoretical training to actual firefighting situations. Adaptable to informal “on-site’ company training or department-wide educational programs, FLAME-SIM offers the most effective and adaptable educational package available to firefighters today. Variable and controllable scenarios, situations and environments assure a non-boring experience and avoid predictability that invalidates the trainee’s learning experience.
FLAME-SIM’s educational design utilizes a teach, train, and test philosophy. Trainees first address a fire scenario via an interactive tutorial that coaches them through proper decision making and appropriate actions to be taken. The scenario is then duplicated, this time with prescriptive directions supplied only if actions are delayed or if an incorrect decision is made. Trainees then progress to the testing level where no support is supplied. Their performance is then graded, critiqued and recorded.
FLAME-SIM’s architecture is such that it can be used for individual “down- time” training, company level team applications or department-wide/academy curriculums. The ability of individuals to test their knowledge in selected areas or for department level training personnel to design particular training exercises for personnel speaks to FLAME-SIM’s versatility. Annual updates are available that cover expanded training subjects, changes related to management of specific fire events (“lessons learned”), the application of new technology or operational methodology. Because of the versatile design software utilized to develop FLAME-SIM, custom modules can be offered to address specific building designs or situations of concern to a particular department or locale.
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