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This simulator is a Syntech fire 

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apparatus driving simulator . It allows 

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us to practice and train fire apparatus 

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driving scenarios in a virtual 

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environment . What this allows us to do 

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is simulate any vehicle that we may 

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have here in the fire department and 

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adjust scenarios cities to what we 

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might experience in the real world . 

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It's a hydraulically assisted simulator . 

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So it actually moves , we're not just 

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reading the material , we're bringing 

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this virtual environment into the 

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training sphere , which is a big jump , 

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you know , innovating as far as our 

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trading systems go . And this allows us 

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to change the time of day , night 

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months , cloud coverages , storms , 

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snow , hail , sleet and ice . So this 

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simulator gives us a competitive edge 

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because it keeps us 100% ready 100% of 

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the time .