Imagine being able to quickly acquire years of experience in making good firefighting decisions under pressure. Thanks to some high-tech, web-based simulation training, soon firefighters will be able ...

Playing with fire, it's *** new way to fight it. Fire management agencies are relying more on simulation programs to better understand fire behavior. Meteorologist Ophelia Young sits through *** ...

When is it acceptable to set a fire that could rage out of control? In the real world, the answer, of course, is never. But if you're in the virtual world of a computer model, starting such a fire is ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- A group of people quietly watched while a kitchen fire spread from inside an oven to the stove top and on to a nearby trash can. The reaction was normal because they ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jax Ready Fest kicks off Friday with an interactive experience focused on teaching you and your family how to be safe during emergencies -- and every day in between. Dozens of ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Emergency Call 112: The Fire Fighting Simulation Emergency Call 112: The Fire Fighting Simulation is an exciting, fully detailed simulation of the eventful ...

Building an effective simulation program requires significant planning–deciding where the simulation center will be housed, what software will be used, what the goals of the program will be, and more.

The emergency scene simulation, also called the fire simulation, the fireground simulation, the tactical exercise, the tactical problem or some other similar name, can be one of the most challenging ...

Jeffersonville firefighters spent Tuesday preparing for the real thing by running through live-fire simulations designed to mirror the conditions crews face inside a burning home.

Wildfire Simulator is a fire-growth computer model that has two purposes: First, to let users see how certain conditions, such as wind speed and direction, affect the spread of a wildland fire. Second ...