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- [Instructor] The spectrum
of tactical decision

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game formats can range from
a simple guided discussion,

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to full scale dynamic simulations.

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This group is engaged
in a guided discussion,

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also known as a seminar.

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- Given the information
I just gave you guys,

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you roll up on scene as a division Bravos.

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You see the resources on the line

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and you pick up as you look up the line

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a spot fire, but it
doesn't look to be too big.

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What are some of the
things that you're thinking

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about right now?

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What are your main concerns?

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- I'd be concerned about
that Crew involved in burning

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and you have a crew down here

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and how much time is it gonna take

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to get support up to them.

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- Do you have any thoughts

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or do you have any other concerns?

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Are you seeing something
the guys aren't seeing?

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- No. I think what Travis
said is that initial.

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- Yeah. I mean, you guys are
picking up on some really

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good things here.

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Obviously, you have action being.

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- [Instructor] The seminar
format is good for participants

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or facilitators who are new to TDG's.

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With practice, facilitators
will want to move

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toward the other end of the spectrum

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running dynamic simulations
with participants

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becoming active role players.

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As you'll see, the simulation
format is more challenging

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for the participants.

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Here, participants engage
in an open ended role play

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with multiple outcomes,

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rather than focusing on a
single discussion question.

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Role players are briefed on table setup,

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rules, and the specifics of the scenario.

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- Good afternoon, guys.

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I'm Julian, as you guys know

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I'll be facilitating this
sand table this afternoon.

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We go ahead and get started.

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I'm gonna start off with
some of the table rules.

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We're gonna go ahead and
use these radios as props

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and go ahead and take one, pass it on.

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Make sure everybody has a radio.

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So to learn simulation,

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any communication that you
guys have with each other,

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if you're not face to face,

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make sure that you're
communicating on the radio

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like you would on an incident.

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If you're face to face,

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like if you're on the line together

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or you happen to be in the staging area

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or something like that,

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go ahead and communicate
together like you normally would.

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The table's set up.

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I know you guys have done these before

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but I'm gonna give you a scale first.

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I've got the long side of the table here.

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It is two miles long, okay.

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About a mile long on the short end here.

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I've got indicators of
North, South, East and West.

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So the top of the table is North.

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I've got different colors of yarn

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to represent different things.

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Laid out on the table as well.

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I've used black yarn here to represent

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a good paved two lane highway.

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I've got brown yarn here
that represents a dozer line

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and I've got toys here

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to represent different
pieces of equipment.

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So, they represent what
they are in real life.

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I've got an engine here
represents BLM Type Four engine,

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crew halls, for type one crew halls.

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- [Instructor] There will
always be a primary role

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known as the hot seat.

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All role players are responsible

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for preparing to play
the role of the hot seat.

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- All right, so you're
in Northern New Mexico.

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(paper rustling)

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You are a division supervisor

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assigned to division Bravo

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on the Zia fire.

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It's June 17th,

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the weather that you see right there

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is predicted for the day.

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92 degrees is the high.

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South winds, 5 to 10 in the morning,

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and then switching to the Southwest.

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This is an emerging type two incident,

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but the type two team
has not taken over yet.

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So you're still working
for an IC3 organization.

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Their intent is for you to
take over division Bravo

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and continue a burnout
and basically tie up

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this corner of the fire
that's still active.

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Resources assigned to you.

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You have a Type Four Engine

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- (Instructor) Role players will get time

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to ask clarifying questions.

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- You guys have any other questions?

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- Do we know if there's an
existing division Bravo?

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- We don't know that yet.

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- 700 fire behaviors,
what's fire behavior doing?

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- It's just backing into the
wind and backing down slow.

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- Okay.

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- (Instructor) Just prior
to beginning the simulation,

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roles will be assigned.

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The primary role or hot seat
should be assigned last.

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- Crew two.

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Those are one.

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Engine two.

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Okay, with division.

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Division Bravo.

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- All right.

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- So you show up on the line
and you see crew carriers

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with the hot crew gathering up on the back

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the BLM engine sitting here

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at the bottom of the hand line.

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And you can see the burnout
coming down the hill.

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- (Instructor) The hot seat will be left

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at a decision point to begin the scenario.

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Decisions must be made
and then communicated

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as they would be in real life.

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- Yeah, curtail is burning
out from the top of the hill

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where you can see,

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and we've got a little bit of open line.

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Basically the intent here today is trying

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to wrap up this corner.

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Crew 2 division Bravo.

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- Division Bravo crew 2, go ahead.

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- (Instructor) Role
players are responsible

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for playing their role to
the best of their ability.

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- I do have an assistant,

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I might be able to break him off quick,

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to take a look out to the East there.

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- If we could help support
the burnout operation

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and if we could get
somebody to get some eyes on

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the stretch.

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- We had been plugged into
that hose lay on and off.

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We can plug back in there,
if that's your thought.

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- That would be great.
- Okay.

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- (Instructor) Throughout the scenario

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role players must communicate

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as they would on a real incident.

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- Zia fire command division Bravo.

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- This is the IC, go ahead Bravo.

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- Yeah, I need to see about
a, we've got a dozer out here

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that's running low on fuel.

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I wanted to see if we could
possibly mitigate that

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and get some fuel out.

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- (Instructor) At the
conclusion of the simulation,

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the facilitator will start
the after action review.

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All role players should
contribute to this process.

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- Your piece that I
need you to take care of

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is the highway close to the
river and the structures.

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- Okay. I copy that in the scenario.

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There was the training objective,

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given the scenario you
needed to make decisions

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and then communicate those
decisions as onto the ground

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as far as tactical assignments.

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Let's go ahead and jump into
the after action review.