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Serious Games as an Education & Training Tool for First Responders

Is anyone familiar with Seriosu Games and their applications to first responders?

A Serious Game according to Wiki ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_game ) is, "A serious game is a term used to refer to a software or hardware application developed with game technology and game design principles for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. Serious games include games used for educational, persuasive, political, or health purposes."

A few websites supporting the use of Serious Games include the following:
http://www.seriousgames.org/

http://www.seriousgamessource.com/

Specific to Emergency Managers are some of the following:
Vstep http://tinyurl.com/62ffhc

Trauma.org http://www.trauma.org/resus/moulage/moulage.html

Will Interactive http://www.willinteractive.com/products

Virtway http://www.virtway.com/EN_sectors_02_safety_and_emergency.htm

United Nations Food Force http://www.food-force.com/

Breakaway (Incident commander) http://tinyurl.com/694m8z

Evacuation Simulator http://www.emergencysimulators.com/

RescueSim (Also Vstep) http://www.vstepoffice.nl/rescuesim/

With budgets getting tighter, is Serious Games a serious way of addressing some of the training shortfalls?

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on November 4, 2008 at 12:24pm: RESCUESIM

A few others relevant to first responders include:

Code3D http://www.code3d.com/

Vector Command http://www.emergencycommandsystem.com/

VECTOR COMMAND; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on November 4, 2008 at 12:27pm: Vector Command also have a downloadable newsletter called the Bulletin. Check it out at:
http://www.emergencycommandsystem.com/index.php?option=com_content&...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on November 4, 2008 at 12:30pm: There's also a discussion I started here on FFN about Code3D if interested:
http://www.firefighternation.com/forum/topics/889755:Topic:434879; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on November 5, 2008 at 2:38am: Another one is MSA's FireSlayer http://www.msafire.com/game_home.html; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on November 5, 2008 at 2:41am: And an article supporting its use on the fire service http://www.inigraphics.net/press/topics/2006/issue5/5_06a06.pdf; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on November 29, 2008 at 3:30am: I've just added these videos from YouTube about the ADMS system.

I'm a huge fan of this sort of technology and its use in training.

However, I'm assuming that many have not been exposed to this sort of thing based on the lack of responses????; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on December 15, 2008 at 3:55pm: Just got a link in an email newsletter to the following:

Honing Triage Skills with Video Games.
http://www.govtech.com/em/promo/570233?startid=48; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on December 15, 2008 at 4:01pm: Firearms Simulator
The Folsom, Calif. Police Department is one of the lucky few departments in the state to have access to a high-tech training simulator.

Firearms Simulator Helps Police Prepare for Crisis Situationshttp://www.govtech.com/gt/381045; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by J Brooks on December 15, 2008 at 4:53pm: What are the costs of these simulators?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on December 16, 2008 at 2:50am: No idea, but I would suggest over the long run would be far more cost effective than some of the hot fire training ,etc that is being done....

You could stagger the training- build up command and control and vehicle placement and hose placement, etc, using the serious games option, then get more bang for the buck when doing hot fire training.

Serious games are not a replacement for hot fire training, etc- they're a tool to assist...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by J Brooks on December 16, 2008 at 11:10am: I agree. The RescueSim website has no information on cost and has no contact here in the states. The Incidetn Commander is $5 for shipping from the NIJ.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by lutan1 on December 16, 2008 at 2:59pm: Bear in mind they are two very (very, very!) different tools though.

The Rescue Sim is a first person point of view where you get to walk through the scene and intereact with things and people doing stuff.....; ▶ Reply to This

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