Using the replay
The review screen has a transport bar at the top, the scene in the middle, the record on the right, and the timeline along the bottom.
Transport#
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| ▶ Play / ⏸ Pause | Runs the exercise clock forward from the current position. |
| Speed | 1×, 2×, 4×, or 8×. Radio clips play at the same speed, so audio stays in sync. |
| Clock | The exercise time at the current position. |
| Close | Leaves the review. |
Pausing also stops any radio clip that is playing, so the audio never runs on over a paused screen.
The timeline#
The full-width track along the bottom of the screen is what a debrief is driven by: drag to the moment, stop, and talk about it.
Drag anywhere on the track to jump to that moment. The scene, the roster positions, and the feed all rebuild for that time.
Markers above the track are the moments worth jumping to:
| Marker | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Siren | Dispatch |
| Fire truck | A unit arriving on scene |
| Clipboard | A CAN report or tactical assignment |
| Target | An inject firing |
| Medal | A scored moment from an evaluation |
| Flag | End of exercise |
Clicking a marker jumps to a few seconds before it, so you hear the lead-in rather than landing mid-sentence.
The scene#
The view tabs work as they do in a drill, with one difference: there are no restrictions. Interior views are open to everyone, and the aerial shows every rig where it ended up.
↩ Follow IC locks the view to wherever the incident commander was standing at each moment. This is the fastest way to answer "what could command actually see when they made that call."
The record panel#
The feed lists everything in time order, with each entry's exercise time.
- Radio rows have a ▶ button to play the clip, with the transcript underneath.
- CAN reports show conditions, actions, needs, and the declared heat.
- Movement, assignments, strategy, injects, and notes each appear as their own entry.
Search the record filters the feed and the transcripts together. Search for command to find every mention across radio traffic, or a room name to find everything that happened there.
Running a debrief with it#
A workable sequence:
- Play from dispatch through the first two minutes at 1× so everyone hears the initial size-up and the first assignments.
- Jump to each arrival marker and ask what command knew at that point.
- Turn on ↩ Follow IC and scrub to any decision under discussion.
- Open the interior views for the same moments and compare conditions with what was reported.
- If apparatus placement was on, finish on the aerial with the plan and actual side by side.
Use search rather than scrubbing when someone says "I told you about that." The transcript settles it in seconds.
Reviewing together#
Opening the same review puts everyone in a shared room: you see who else is here, and an open intercom lets the whole group talk naturally, no keying, full duplex, exactly like the lobby before a drill. Your microphone starts muted; unmute it when the debrief starts. Nothing said in a review is recorded anywhere.
The instructor holds the remote#
When an instructor is in the review, everyone watches one screen: their playback position, speed, and current view drive the whole room, so "watch this corner" lands on the corner everyone is looking at. Followers see who is driving instead of the playback controls.
The instructor can release the room at any time ("take five, poke around yourselves"), and takes it back with one click. When no instructor is connected, everyone controls their own playback: a crew member re-watching alone has the full remote.
The debrief pen#
The instructor, and anyone who held command during the drill, can draw over the replay: freehand strokes and short labels in five colors, on whatever view is showing. "Watch this corner." "This is where the wind shifted." Marks appear for everyone in the room instantly and stay with the review for anyone who opens it later, so a debrief marked up tonight reads tomorrow.
The debrief layer is commentary, kept apart from the record: nothing drawn in a review changes what happened in the drill.