Apparatus placement in a drill
Module. This page covers how it plays out during a drill. To turn it on for a scenario, see Module: apparatus placement.
The module asks each crew one question when they arrive: where did you put your rig? Their answer decides what they can see for the rest of the drill.
Parking your own apparatus#
When your unit reaches the scene you are taken to the Aerial tab and the side tabs lock. Click the aerial where you set up.
The rig appears where you clicked. From there:
- drag it to move it,
- scroll on it to size it to the photo,
- use the Rotation slider to point it the way it is facing.
Which way a rig faces is not decoration. It is the difference between an engine laid in for a forward lay and one that has blocked the truck's approach.
When it looks right, press On scene.
Where you park is where you arrive#
The aerial is divided into the four sides of the structure, drawn as wedges with A, B, C and D marked. Park in the Charlie wedge and you walk out looking at Charlie.
That is the whole reason the question is worth asking. A crew that sets up on the wrong side of the building spends the drill looking at the wrong side of the building, exactly as they would on a real fireground.
Once you have confirmed, the side tabs unlock and you can walk the building normally.
Rigs with nobody aboard#
A scenario can include apparatus no one is assigned to. The instructor positions those as they arrive, using the same aerial and the same controls.
Who can position what#
| Their own rig | Anyone else's | |
|---|---|---|
| Company member | After it arrives | No |
| Instructor | Yes | Yes, any time after dispatch |
Nobody positions another crew's apparatus. Where a company set up is that company's decision, and the review is worth less if somebody else made it.
With the module off#
Crews do not park anything. The instructor has already placed the apparatus in the builder, crews arrive on the side their rig sits on, and the aerial is there to look at so everyone can see where the rest of the assignment ended up. See Module: apparatus placement.
In the review#
The aerial replays like any other view, with every rig where it ended up and the sides marked. Positioning discussions go better with it on a screen everyone can see.
A rig placed and then dragged is one correction in the record, not two placements, so the review shows where it finished.