Professor Yoshifumi Omiya of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Tokyo collaborates with the University of Tokyo, the Yokohama City Fire Department, and the science and economics of VR (Virtual Reality) product development to build a VR firefighting education and training system specializing in the education and training of firefighters. Data were collected in a combustion experiment in which conditions close to those of a real fire were set.
According to Tokyo University of Science, the combustion experiment was conducted at the experimental facility of the Fire Science Institute of Tokyo University of Science for two days on February 2 and March 28, under conditions close to the actual fire, and the temperature, smoke concentration distribution, and fire. I investigated the behavior of.The acquired data is used to accurately reproduce the fire phenomenon that changes over time in the education and training system.
At fire departments nationwide, veteran members have retired and the number of inexperienced young members is increasing rapidly, but the number of fires has decreased by 6 to 8% per year, and young firefighters have less opportunity to gain experience in the field. There is.
The VR firefighting education and training system is a substitute for on-site experience. Aiming to improve quality.This system has been adopted by the Yokohama City Fire Department and is planned to be introduced in the education of young members.
