VIDEO/PHOTOS: Moline Fire Department has a new way to simulate a fire in any room and practice putting it out.
The department purchased the FiAR training system, a device that uses augmented reality to test the user on operating a fire extinguisher properly.
The device is a touch screen and mock fire extinguisher, which can place items like a grill, wooden pallets or a car into an environment and simulate different types of fires. "Flammable metals, oils, fats, it lets us practice putting all those types of fires out with those different extinguishers," Moline fire inspector Kevin Sorby said.
FiAR grades the user on whether the right fire extinguisher was used, and the proper technique applied. "There's a saying, it's PASS — pull, aim, squeeze, sweep," Sorby explained.