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First-arriving captain. Working fire. Conditions change as you go. Type your radio-style decisions stage-by-stage. Get an AI score on tactical accuracy, command presence, communication, decision speed, and adaptability. One free attempt, no credit card.
captain
15 minutes·4 stages
Briefing
You are the captain of Engine 12, B-Shift. You and your three-person crew (driver, FF Davis, FF Martinez) are responding as the first-due engine to a reported residential structure fire at 0237 hours. Weather: clear, 38 degrees F, light wind from the southwest. Truck 12 is 4 minutes out. The next-due engine (E14) is 6 minutes out. Battalion Chief Reyes is en route, ETA 8 minutes. You have command on arrival until BC takes it.
How it works
Why Multi-Stage Matters
Static tactical scenarios — "here's the building, give your size-up, done" — test the easy part of incident command. The harder part is when conditions change while you're mid-decision. Mayday goes out. Fire extends. Truck pulls in late. Adapting fast IS the skill.
Smoke darkens. Fire extends through the cockloft. The roof bows. Your initial offensive strategy may need to flip defensive — and you have 90 seconds to make the call.
Radio discipline, RIT activation, LUNAR gathering, holding command, simultaneous fire attack. The Mayday inject in this sim catches candidates who haven't rehearsed it.
When the BC arrives, your handoff briefing — incident type, what's done, current status, hazards, accountability — IS evaluated. Most captains under-prepare for this.
The Five-Dimension Rubric
Are your actions correct for the scenario? Do you apply current fire-service tactics — size-up format, RECEO-VS / SLICERS, RIT, accountability, ventilation coordination?
Do you sound like a leader? Confident, decisive, calm under pressure. Avoiding hesitation, indecision, panic.
Radio brevity. Clear assignments. Avoiding stepped-on transmissions. Structured handoffs (CAN reports, command transfers).
Fast when the inject demands it (Mayday, civilian in danger). Deliberate when it doesn't (resource decision, media on scene).
How well does your strategy change when conditions change? Offensive to defensive. Resource reallocation across two incidents. Strategy pivot is part of the job.
Plus a Critical Errors callout if the AI catches a safety violation (failing to declare a Mayday, freelancing, abandoning command).
How to Use This Tool
1. Read the briefing carefully.The role context (captain at Engine X, weather, units assigned, BC ETA) shapes every decision you make. Skipping it means you'll miss obvious cues.
2. Type radio brevity, not paragraphs."Engine 12, on scene, working fire residential, smoke from Side Charlie, transitional attack, Engine 14 take supply, requesting Truck for primary search." That's how you'd say it. Type it that way.
3. Move forward at your pace, but the clock keeps running.You can revisit earlier stages. Use that to update earlier decisions when conditions change — that's an adaptability signal.
4. On the Mayday: don't freeze.If you blank, the AI catches it. The right opening is acknowledge the Mayday on the radio, hold non-essential traffic, activate RIT, then start gathering LUNAR. Don't freelance into the building yourself.
5. On the command transfer: have a structured handoff.Most candidates ramble. The strong ones state: incident type, what happened, what's been done, current status, accountability, what they'd like to be reassigned to.
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