Incident exercise in a virtual environment
An incident simulation system supports an incident exercise in a virtual environment. The incident simulation system accesses a simulation plan defining an incident within a theater of operation. The incident simulation system simulates the incident exercise by displaying, to a participant in the incident exercise, images representing what the participant would see within the theater of operation as the participant moves within the theater of operation. The incident simulation system further simulates the incident by generating incident data indicating effects of the incident at target locations and at target times as the participant moves within the theater of operation. The incident simulation system further simulates the incident by displaying to the participant images representing the user experience that a detector would provide based on the generated incident data.
1. A method performed by one or more computing systems of an incident simulation system for administering an incident exercise based on a simulation of a hazardous material incident, the method comprising:
accessing a simulation plan that defines the incident exercise, the simulation plan specifying a type of hazardous material, a theater of operation, and a real detector, the real detector having detection hardware and a training mode, the training mode for receiving detector signals from the incident simulation system and processing the detector signals as if the detection hardware had actually generated the detector signals, so that real detector can present an actual user experience that the real detector would generate had the detection hardware actually generated the detector signals;
running, based on the simulation plan, the simulation to generate incident data indicating effects of the hazardous material incident at a target location within the theater of operation and at target time;
generating, based on the incident data, detector signals representing detector signals that the detection hardware would generate if the real detector was at the target location at the target time had the hazardous material incident been an actual hazardous material incident; and
sending, to the real detector operating in the training mode when the real detector is simulated as being at the target location at the target time, the generated detector signals so that the real detector, upon receiving the real detector signals, can generate and display an actual user interface that the real detector would generate and display had the detection hardware generated the generated detector signals during an actual hazardous material incident.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the simulation plan specifies a participant who is to hold the real detector during the incident exercise.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the incident exercise in conducted at the theater of operation with a participant.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the simulation plan specifies a participant who is to hold the real detector and further comprising determining a location of the participant within the theater of operation when the participant is holding the real detector during the incident exercise so that the generated detector signals can be sent to the real detector when the location indicates that the participant is at the target location.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating, based on the incident data, a simulated user experience to represent the actual user experience and presenting the simulated user experience at an incident control system of the incident simulation system.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the simulation plan defines a location and a time of the hazardous material incident.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the simulation plan defines that the hazardous material incident occurs in a moving vehicle and a route for the moving vehicle.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the simulation plan defines environmental conditions for the theater of operation.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the simulation plan defines a quantity of hazardous material.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating the simulation plan, the generating including receiving a selection of the hazardous material, receiving coordinates of a location of the hazardous material incident, and receiving an intensity of the hazardous material incident.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising generating the simulation plan, the generating includes defining objects within theater of operations, the defining including receiving an identification of an object type and a location of the object within the theater of operation.
12. One or more computing systems of an incident simulation system for administering an incident exercise based on a simulation of a hazardous material incident, the one or more computing systems comprising:
one or more computer-readable storage mediums for storing computer-executable instructions for controlling the one or more computing systems to:
generate a simulation plan that defines the incident exercise, the simulation plan specifying a type of hazardous material, a theater of operation, and a real detector, the real detector having detection hardware for generating detector signals when the real detector detects a hazardous material, the real detector having a training mode;
run, based on the simulation plan, the simulation to generate incident data indicating effects of the hazardous material incident at a target location within the theater of operation and at target time;
generate, based on the incident data, detector signals representing detector signals that the detection hardware would generate if the real detector was at the target location at the target time had the hazardous material incident been an actual hazardous material incident; and
send, to the real detector when the real detector is simulated as being at the target location at the target time, the generated detector signals
so that the real detector when operating in the training mode can generate a user interface that the real detector, would generate had the detection hardware generated the generated detector signals during an actual hazardous material incident; and
one or more processors for executing the computer-executable instructions stored in the one or more computer-readable storage mediums.
13. The one more computing systems of claim 12 wherein the computer-executable instructions further control the one or more computing systems to generate the simulation plan, the generating of the simulation plan including receiving a selection of the hazardous material, receiving coordinates of a location of the hazardous material incident, and receiving an intensity of the hazardous material incident.
14. The one more computing systems of claim 12 wherein the computer-executable instructions further control the one or more computing systems to generate the simulation plan to define objects within the theater of operations, the generating of the simulation plan including receiving an identification of an object type and a location of the object within the theater of operation.
15. The one more computing systems of claim 12 wherein the computer-executable instructions further control the one or more computing systems to generate, based on the incident data, a simulated user experience to represent an actual user experience that the real detector would generate had the detection hardware actually generated the detector signals and presenting the simulated user experience at an incident control system of the incident simulation system.
16. The one more computing systems of claim 12 wherein the simulation plan defines a location and a time of the hazardous material incident.
17. The one more computing systems of claim 12 wherein the simulation plan defines that the hazardous material incident occurs in a moving vehicle and a route for the moving vehicle travel.
18. The one more computing systems of claim 12 wherein the simulation plan defines environmental conditions for the theater of operation.
19. The one more computing systems of claim 12 wherein the simulation plan defines a quantity of hazardous material.
20. The one more computing systems of claim 12 wherein the simulation plan specifies a participant who is to hold the real detector during the incident exercise.
21. The one more computing systems of claim 12 wherein the incident exercise in conducted at the theater of operation with a participant.
22. The one more computing systems of claim 21 wherein the simulation plan specifies a participant who is to hold the real detector and wherein the computer-executable instructions further control the one or more computing systems to determine a location of the participant within the theater of operation when the participant is holding the real detector during the incident exercise so that the generated detector signals can be sent to the real detector when the location indicates that the participant is at the target location.
23. The method of claim 1 wherein the user interface provides characteristics of measurements that are based on the detector signals.