What the after-action review captures
Every drill is recorded as it happens, action by action, with the exercise time of each one. The review is a replay of that record, not a video: the software rebuilds the scene at any moment you ask for.
That distinction matters. You can jump to eleven minutes in and the scene shows exactly the conditions that existed at eleven minutes, with everyone standing where they were standing.
Opening a review#
- When a drill ends, everyone in the session is moved to the review together.
- Later, instructors open past sessions from the After-Action Review tab.
- Members see reviews of drills they were evaluated in, from My evaluations on the home screen, once the instructor releases the evaluation.
What is in the record#
| Recorded | Detail |
|---|---|
| The scenario | A complete copy as it was when loaded, so later edits to the scenario never change a past review. |
| Dispatch | Units, address, and the arrival time rolled for each unit. |
| Movement | Every view every person walked to, with the time. |
| Command | Who had command, transfers, declared strategy, and every tactical assignment. |
| Conditions | Every scene change: instructor edits, situation levels, injects fired. |
| Radio | Every transmission as audio, with an automatic transcript. |
| CAN reports | Conditions, actions, needs, and declared heat, tagged with the room. |
| Apparatus | Where every rig ended up on the aerial, with the sides marked. |
| Notes | Anything the instructor logged during the drill. |
| Presence | Who joined, when, and when they left. |
What is not in the record#
- Lobby conversation. Open-mic talk before the clock starts is relayed live and never stored.
- Radio audio older than 14 days. Clips are deleted on that schedule. The transcripts stay permanently, so an old review still shows who said what; the play buttons are simply silent.
The blind rules do not apply here#
During a drill, the incident commander cannot see interiors and crews are told nothing about conditions changing. In the review, everyone sees everything: interior conditions, every placement, every report, and the reasons the instructor typed.
That is deliberate. The restrictions exist during the drill to make the communication real. The debrief is where you compare what was actually happening with what command was told.
Reviews that are not for everyone#
A drill run from a scenario marked admins only keeps its review admins only too, so the firefighter you evaluated cannot read it back afterwards. This matters more than hiding the scenario itself: a review replays the scenario in full, and the person you evaluated knows the drill's code because they were in it.
An admin can release one review to the department without making the scenario public again, which is what you want once a promotion cycle is over. See Private scenarios for evaluations.
Training hours are never hidden. The drill stays in the firefighter's record with its date and duration; only the scenario's name is withheld.