Size-up · Command · Officer development

Practice size-up and command on any building.

Turn a photo of a real structure into an evolving fireground scenario. Your crew or candidate makes the decisions. You decide whether conditions improve or worsen—and Fireground Lab changes the incident.

Turn any building into a fireground training scenario.

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Residential building showing simulated fire and smoke for a command training scenario — Arrival conditionsWhat is your initial report?

The scenario experience

The student makes decisions. You control what happens next.

Use the same recognizable building as the incident develops. The crew or candidate explains the action; the instructor or evaluator selects Better or Worse and presents the next prepared condition.

Initial arrival condition with heavy smoke showing from a residential building — ArrivalCandidate gives the size-up and initial action

Candidate chooses an actionInstructor selects Worse

Deteriorated condition with the front door open, visible fire, and heavier smoke on the same residential building — Conditions deteriorateCandidate adjusts the incident action plan

Candidate chooses another actionInstructor selects Better

Improved condition with the front door remaining open and fire and smoke reduced on the same residential building — Conditions improveThe command exercise continues

Built for size-up and command practice

Work the incident from arrival through changing conditions.

Size it up

Present realistic arrival conditions for initial radio reports, building and occupancy descriptions, visible fire and smoke, strategy, incident priorities, and initial actions.

Take command

Work through company assignments, resource requests, fire attack, search, ventilation, water supply, command communications, and adjustments to the incident action plan.

Evolve the incident

The crew, officer, or candidate tells you what they would do. You select Better or Worse, present the next stage, and continue the exercise.

Promotional examinations

Practice the scenario—or deliver it.

Fireground Lab supports the visual command-scenario work while the instructor or evaluator remains responsible for tactical judgment and scoring.

For firefighters and officers

Prepare for command scenarios.

Practice the kind of size-up and command exercises used in officer-development programs, assessment centers, promotional processes, and command simulations.

Initial reports and tactical priorities
Resource deployment and communications
Changing conditions and tactical adjustments

For departments and agencies

Create and deliver promotional command scenarios.

Present candidates with consistent arrival conditions, advance the same underlying scenario as they respond, and choose whether conditions improve or deteriorate based on evaluator judgment.

Professional, evolving visual exercises
Consistent starting conditions
Evaluator-controlled progression

You run the scenario

The instructor stays in control.

The person being trained or evaluated chooses what they would do. You decide whether that action makes conditions Better or Worse. Fireground Lab creates the visual condition, presents it professionally, and moves the exercise forward.

Fireground Lab does not tell you whether a tactical decision was correct. It does not grade firefighters or score promotional candidates.

Create and present in one place

Build the branch. Run the command scenario.

Use purpose-built fire and smoke effects, AI generation when you choose, or upload prepared Pictures. Build Better/Worse branches, reuse saved scenarios, and present accepted conditions on another display while you keep the instructor controls.

No generic photo editor. No manually assembled branching slide deck.

Create conditionsBuild branchesRun & present

Professional command training without enterprise pricing

Built for the company officer’s budget.

Core and Pro include the full Fireground Lab platform: Manual Builder, all scenario modes, Run, Presentation, and image uploads and reuse. Choose Core to buy AI images as needed, or Pro for a recurring included allowance.

Core

Full Fireground Lab with the Manual Builder. Buy AI images only when you need them.

$79.99/year

$6.67/month equivalent · Billed annually
Save ~17% annually

Full Manual Builder
All scenario modes
Run + Presentation
Upload & reuse images
Buy AI images as needed

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Best Value

Pro

Everything in Core, plus bundled AI generation.

$99.99/year

$8.33/month equivalent · Billed annually
Save ~17% annually
Only $1.66/month more than Core

Everything in Core
80 AI images/year
20 available every quarter
Additional AI images available anytime

Enough to build a full 3-level branching scenario, with images to spare.

Your included AI images refresh each quarter.

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Put a familiar building in front of your crew.

Build a realistic size-up or command scenario and see where their decisions take the incident.

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