NIMS / ICS Blog

While much of the work on this project is being done as time permits, substantial progress has been made in the past couple of months.  Most of the audio has been transcribed for video integration, and replacement fire engines have been designed and constructed for later scene replacement.  Final steps in the first phase of this project include fire fighter modeling and combustion system refinement.  Once these final models and particle systems are in place, animation associated with the most critical aspects of the fire (in accordance with the phase II report) will be developed.

The second phase of the fire recreation will center around the development of the models for integration in a real time environment.  It is our hope that the final product will help fire fighters better understand the complexities of fighting fires under the conditions found in the Sofa Super Store.