Crash Rescue Equipment Service, Inc. in Dallas, Texas deploys the Snozzle simulator at both commercial and military airfields. It is a first-person simulator for training firefighters to extinguish aircraft fires on grounded planes.
Snozzle trainer in action
The Snozzle is a truck-mounted boom equipped with a piercing element. The operator deploys the piercing element into the plane fuselage or engine cavity getting fire-fighting agent directly where it is needed. The simulator provides three levels of training: voice proctored tutorial-based used for equipment familiarization, voice proctored fire-fighting, and independent fire-fighting.
Goals of the trainer include equipment familiarization, skills training, and skills retention. The Snozzle simulator scores the firefighter's training during each training mission. Training on the system will reduce wear and tear on equipment, improve operator proficiency and reduce application time. Included features are listed below:
Special effects for fire and smoke
Collision detection
Voice proctored tutorial and Snozzle training
Basic, intermediate, and advance levels of training