00:02Surrounded by the sound and fury of a raging bushfire, this 360-degree cinematic simulation
00:09has been painstakingly designed to help put fireys in the hot seat against unpredictable
00:14extreme fire fronts like those of 2019's Black Summer.
00:18You feel as if you're there, present, while the fire's evolving across the fire ground.
00:24These 3D glasses help the scene look even more realistic, making embers and flames leap
00:29towards the viewer.
00:30The model, developed at the University of New South Wales, is now being put to use in training
00:35by firefighters.
00:36It allows them to make really good, sound, time-critical strategic decisions because they get the opportunity
00:43to practice before they're actually out there in a fire ground on a hot summer's day.
00:47The latest models of this simulator are now using artificial intelligence to change things
00:52like wind speed, wind direction and temperature in real time to show how the fire behaviour
00:57would change and how decision making might be different.
01:00So you can scenario model basically different types of possibilities so you've got a better
01:06sense of what your options are.
01:08While nothing will replace old fashioned hands-on training for firefighters.
01:12We still need them to get out there and roll hose out and spray water around.
01:15The simulator can also be used by scientists and to help educate fire prone communities.
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