The Next Generation of Firefighting

Firefighters are facing scenarios they’ve never seen before. And as these extreme events become more frequent, learning how to battle them, safely, is a top priority for fire departments around the world. And many of them have found a solution in virtual reality.

Firefighters are facing scenarios they’ve never seen before. And as these extreme events become more frequent, learning how to battle them, safely, is a top priority for fire departments around the world. And many of them have found a solution in virtual reality. In this episode of Moonshot, producer James Parkinson explores how VR is preparing firefighters for the real world, through immersive training simulations.

Producer James Parkinson tries out Flaim's VR system.

Credits

Moonshot is hosted by Kristofor Lawson (@kristoforlawson).

Production, scripting, and voice for this episode by James Parkinson.

Our theme music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

And our cover artwork is by Andrew Millist.

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