Using Fire Engineering Simulations

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Discuss issues related to using the free training simulations available on FireEngineering.com.
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Flame On!

by Jonathan Kaye

Nov 20, 2008

As you can imagine, we had a lot of conversations this month regarding putting together the Bedroom Fire and use of PPV/PPA or conventional/traditional means for fighting the fire. We wanted to strike a balance to provide a sim that could be used with multiple tactics.

What things, good and bad, do you feel this sim brings out?
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    Mark Lee

    Hey, just used this sim for a tactical assessment. Thought this one was pretty good in it's ability to adjust to traditional vert vent or ppa/ppv.
    I think that you achieved that balance with this one.
    The only drawback to this particular scenario is the smoke on arrival was a little difficult to detect until you vented the CD windows. Nice job transitioning the knock down smoke, especially in the attack.

    Dec 2, 2008

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    Jonathan Kaye

    Thanks for the feedback, Mark, we're glad you found it useful!

    I can understand what you are saying regarding smoke on arrival. If you don't mind starting at a more fully-involved level, you can start the smoke conditions at state '2' or '3' (pressing 2 or 3 on the keyboard). '4' gets the eaves smoke going which may be too much. You can press these keystrokes even during the responding screen.

    Dec 3, 2008

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    Jonathan Kaye

    For those of you who want to learn more about PPA/PPV, I just saw Chief Kriss Garcia's (and Reinhard Kauffmann's) workshop announced for FDIC 2009, Monday, April 20, from 8AM to 5PM, "Positive Pressure Attack: Theory and Application." After working with Chief Garcia on this scenario, I can bet this will be a good session to learn the in's and out's of using PPA from experienced instructors.

    Dec 3, 2008