Vic’s Country Fire Authority looks to virtual reality for training
Victoria’s Country Fire Authority (CFA) is gearing up for a pilot of virtual reality training ahead of incorporating VR simulations into its ‘business as usual training’ regime.
Victoria’s Country Fire Authority (CFA) is gearing up for a pilot of virtual reality training ahead of incorporating VR simulations into its ‘business as usual training’ regime.
Telstra will build and maintain new communications infrastructure for the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in Victoria and digital radio emergency services in regional areas of the state.
The Black Saturday fires on 7 February 2009 which threatened much of Victoria was the catalyst for improvements in IT networking and incident response at the Country Fire Authority (CFA).
Firefighters at CFA Victoria deployed content delivery management (CDM) software during the recent Victorian bushfires as an influx of residents using a mobile app that provides fire warnings caused its website to fail.
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