MIRST
Guardian Airwaves (GA) believes technology has come to an era where multi-modal training is possible and can be affordable for all. Its products are designed by firefighters and first responders. We call our products MIRST – Mixed Immersive Reality Simulation Training.
We believe firefighters and first responders are our communities’ soldiers ready to battle any threats that come in their way. We hope to help them hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
The practice of Strategy, Operations, and Tactics yields confidence and precision, especially if every second counts to save lifes.
This year has brought another brutal wildfire season, with over 8 million acres burned across the U.S. and at least four wildland firefighters killed in the line of duty. Justin Brown, a 17-year federal wildland firefighter and union representative for the National Federation of Federal Employees, described the chaos of initial attack response, grueling shifts that can stretch past 50 hours straight, and the everyday dangers of driving to fire scenes and falling trees. He noted that fires have grown dramatically more extreme over his career, with fire tornadoes and 200,000-plus acre blazes now common where 50,000-acre fires once seemed large. Brown also raised concerns that Forest Service staffing cuts and reorganization under the Trump administration have eroded institutional knowledge and logistical support crucial to firefighting operations, a claim the agency’s leadership disputes.
Inspired by “Only the Brave” film about the Granite Mountain Hotshots, an elite crew of firefighters from Prescott, Arizona, who lost 19 of 20 members while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire in June 2013.
Guardian Airwaves is dedicating “Burning Bear” to their memory. If they knew better their terrain & wind conditions, perhaps they would be alive today.
Primary assessments of a 911 caller is vital to their survival. This VR training module gives the opportunity to dynamically interact with an AI avatar to practice primary assessment protocols and to correctly triage the patient.
Incident Fire Interface Virtual Reality (iFiVR) is a navigational simulation training experience where the firefighter is equally important in surviving a fire incident as well as trapped victims. iFiVR’s human computing interface (HCI) tracks the firefighter’s vitals and location to be relayed to her/his crew members and battalion chiefs.
FCR-VR immerses a trainee into a fire control room of a mid-size building that is on fire. People are trapped in the elevator. In a high-stress situation, decisions must be made quickly while remaining calm in an unfamiliar control room.
Read the ‘Undeniable Facts‘ about professional public safety training, if you have not done so already.
Testimonies from Firefighters who have tested our VR modules.
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