Virtual Environment Firefighting/Ship Familiarization Feasibility Tests

Abstract

Virtual Environments Firefighting/Ship Familiarization Feasibility Tests were conducted on the ex-USS Shadwell. The results of these tests indicate that there are measurable gains using virtual environment (VR) training with respect to water usage and time to achieve complete extinguishment. The data also indicates gains for the time to travel from Repair 2 to the fire compartment and begin the initial attack. The time to transit from the 01 level to the fire area under reduced visibility was reduced by one-half for subjects trained with VR.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA332383

Entities

People

  • D. L. Tate
  • Frederic W. Williams
  • L. Sibert
  • P. A. Tatem
  • T. King

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Calorimeters
  • Combustion
  • Data Acquisition
  • Environment
  • Flow
  • Flowmeters
  • Heat Flux
  • Instrumentation
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Test Methods
  • Training
  • Virtual Reality
  • Visibility
  • Water Flow

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design