Ensuring greater safety for our firefighters and our communities: Integrating FLAIM TraineRTM and HitoETM

Abstract

FLAIM TrainerTM is an immersive, virtual reality (VR) firefighter training simulator with biosensing and real-time scenario analytics. It was developed in Australia through research at Deakin University and incorporates a patented digital biosensing fabric developed by NTT called hitoeTM. The hitoe material provides real-time data readings of biomedical signals, for example, electrocardiogram or electromyo-gram signals. FLAIM Trainer revolutionizes the way emergency services train and prepare to fight fires. The immersive VR, haptics feedback, and breathing simulation provide firefighters with the ability to train for dangerous scenarios that are hard to reproduce in reality, expensive, and environmentally harmful.