StageIT Emergency Response Simulator

EASILY NETWORKABLE - FLEXIBLE - AFFORDABLE - REALISTIC

StageIT Fire Simulator is a professional compositing and editing tool that allows you to create or re-create fire, hazmat or emergency response stages of an incident and present them for testing and evaluation.  StageIT uses a file and folder structure with the familiar Windows style interface to make navigation easier.  StageIT comes with an extensive library of images and effects along with a printed user manual.
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Derailment - Aerial Veiw
Courtesy of Steve Bailey, Asst. Chief, Independence FD, Independence, MO

Derailment - Ground Veiw
Courtesy of Steve Bailey, Asst. Chief, Independence FD, Independence, MO
This clip was edited to size for the website. Note the plume that appears on the right hand side is also incorporated into the aerial veiw above.

Creating a Simulation:  No limit on the number of pictures or stages
Make your simulation as simple or as complex as your training requires. No more limits to what you can do!
Saved simulations can be re-opened at any time to make revisions and then published as a new version of the original.

Multi-Family Dwelling
 
Extensive Media Library:  Realistic Smoke, Fire & Explosion Animations
StageIT comes pre-loaded with nearly a gigabyte of clip art images, commercial and residential photographs, fire, smoke animations and over 130 sound files. 

Flight Deck Fire 1 - Courtesy of Don Arbuckle


 
Import your own:  Pictures, video, sound and clip art
Use pictures from your response area to build meaningful simulations. Import your own video and pictures of your own apparatus and equipment for added realism.  Save imported files in the User Collection area in the Media Library.

Flight Deck Fire 2 - Courtesy of Don Arbuckle
 
Edit Media Properties:  Layer, set transparency levels, adjust speed for animations
Adjust the size of animations to fit your photos - Layer smoke on top of fire - adjust the transparency for thick or sparse smoke - adjust the speed of the smoke or fire – delay the start of an animation - adjust duration of any layer – fade in or fade out -  get just the effect you need.

Flying Missile - Built Using All Static Images
 
Present Simulation:  “Click-and-Go” non-linear instructor control feature
Click-and-go to any section or stage of your simulation on the organization tree to instantly change student views.  Change stage views in reaction to student responses or play multiple stages in a pre-timed order.
 
Quad Split-Screen of Single Family Residence

Easily Network:  Display different views simultaneously on your network
Setup student groups so you can change the view or stage of an individual student or group independent of other viewers. Instructor screen shows all student views.

Crews can remain in their response areas while participating in a traiing simulation.

 
Export:  Your completed Stages are saved as Windows Media Video files
Easily import completed stages of a simulation into PowerPoint® presentations, send via email or play them on their own. 
 
From the Insert menu in Windows XP simply choose Movies and Sounds then Movie From File and browse to where your simulation files are saved. Choose the WMV file that was automatically created by StageIT and it is now in your PowerPoint presentation. That's all there is to it.