Goldenrod Simulation

Features

• Commercial Bar/Restaurant heavily involved
• Attached exposures on sides B and D
• Concrete block , light-weight wood truss roof
• 5 situation levels
• Heavy fire load, defensive
• Extension to exposures
• Search and strategies for vacant buildings
• Collapse hazard
• Reading Smoke-compliant smoke behavior

Summary

This simulation features a single -story commercial bar/restaurant building with attached exposures. Heavy fire in the main building should be defensive, but what about the exposures and search? This simulation provides the opportunity to train on multi-unit search, NIMS nomenclature for exposures, unexpected spread of fire, pulling ceiling to stop fire spread, etc. By varying the starting point of the fire, speed of progression, the number and location of victims, firefighters each time encounter something a little different requiring an adjustment in the tactical plan and assignment of resources.

NOTE this simulation is an early design effort that has an abnormally fast frame rate (the smoke moves a little too fast). However, the speed of the various smoke sources remain relative to each other, thus Reading Smoke principles still apply (eg. smoke moves faster closer to seat of fire). A recent enhancement was done to add the side D exposure and make it searchable (previously it could not be entered). This enhancement was done to provide more tactical and resource challenges to players. This simulation continues to be an instructor favorite for discussing defensive fires and vacant buildings.

Availability

This simulation is availble from FutureFD.com for $99.95 (US).
You may download it right now

Licensing and Copyright

©2004-2008 by William M. Godfrey. All rights reserved.
This simulation is protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, redistributed, or ported to another platform without the express written permission of the copyright holder. Contact FutureFD for licensing requests.

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