Several of us were sitting around the other day talking about how different our buildings of today are compared to those of yesteryear.  Not only in the design and construction of the buildings but also the contents of the buildings now a days.  Things have changed so dramatically over the years that it's so important to teach our newer generation about the new hazards they and we face in our every day response.

One of the newer training items that is starting to show up more are the training simulators/video games.  Our department recently was fortunate enough to receive a grant for training materials and several of these items we purchased were different simulators. 

What little bit I've played with them so far, I've found they are fairly realistic in the motions that we run through as firefighters and officers.  I've learned over the past years as an officer and training instructor, we have to be open to new and different ways/methods to teach our new guys/gals.