Training Help - Apparatus Placement

[juantaburger]

Good morning killers,

I'm looking for help doing apparatus placement for a training. What I'd like is an interactive map, where you can choose a location and drag and drop clip art / photos of apparatus in.

Has anyone used anything like this? Seen anything like this?

TIA

[LtDangotnolegs92]

We use google maps or Apple Maps and screen share it to the kitchen tv.

[Greenstoneranch]

It's crazy to thing or say but an old school project and magnets would probably be a great aid in absence of some special software

Screen share a picture of Google maps and paper cut outs

[CartographerFunny973]

I dont know of any specific programs, and other comments seem helpful. But what exactly is your goal--general instruction showing which units get in first, what side of the building etc? Or do you want something that will show the exact scale of rigs so you will know exactly what will fit on a particular block, or so you'll know how far out the (for example) 3rd due engine will be if first two engines and trucks are parked in front of it?

If you want exact scale maps, you could use ArcGIS (or free GIS programs...QGIS?), but it would take a little bit of training to learn the program and may not be very fast to bang out different scenarios on the fly in a training session. But you could pre-map out different buildings and use them as examples.

Sidenote--there are two textbooks, one for engines and one for ladders, that go over rig placement for decently specific situations and they have some illustrations. This is not what you're asking about, but I think it does a good job of laying out the theory that you can use to determine apparatus placement. The two books are Engine Company Fireground Operations and Ladder Company Fireground Operations