Comments on: Emergency State

Emergency State

Sticherbeast — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:32:38 -0800

Emergency State: First Responder and Law Enforcement Training Architecture.

By: furtive

furtive — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:00:55 -0800

Don't forget NYC's $8million full scale subway station simulator.

By: Captaintripps

Captaintripps — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:25:12 -0800

And courtesy of my girlfriend who works over at the FDNY, The Rock.

By: 27

27 — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:58:10 -0800

Goodbye, nativity scene... Hello mock hazardous material spill!

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:23:08 -0800

I'm rather disturbed by the simplicity of the LA Sheriff's training center. As well as the culture revealed by "The Shootist" bar, and the sentence fragment "The purpose of shooting is to hit" as seen on the California Specialized Training Institute firing range wall. If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail, etc. I have had guns pointed at me for disturbingly long periods of time during routine traffic stops by both LAPD and the LA Sheriff's department - even after fully complying and being otherwise friendly, helpful, and cordial. Even after politely requesting that they stop pointing deadly weapons at me. And no, I and my friends don't look like criminals, scumbags or drug users. We were always polite, cautious and calm, keeping our hands in view, complying with the officers, not making any sudden movements or otherwise giving them any reason to escalate to that stage of confrontation.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:02:46 -0800

"...where live weapons or small dye-filled simunition" Or, as normal people would call it... "paintball."

By: malusmoriendumest

malusmoriendumest — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:19:26 -0800

I am so going to build my house like that. Err... no.

By: C17H19NO3

C17H19NO3 — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:06:37 -0800

"...where live weapons or small dye-filled simunition" Or, as normal people would call it... "paintball." Actually, no. Simunition and paintball are actually quite different. Simunition is basically a bullet except that the lethal projectile is replaced with a non-lethal paint round. The cartridges come in .38 and 9mm calibres that are actually fired out of most real weapons. The 5.56mm round (used in the M16 and M4) exists as a simunition but is only available to the military. The effect is a more accurate simulation of combat.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:12:04 -0800

Let's try this in the right thread this time: The OC's tactical training center has a Carl's Jr. restaurant, complete with manager's office. I would assume the most common drill for this location would be an attack leading to bad guys attempting to break the manager's safe. With that in mind, let's just say I was a little surprised that dark irony was not lost on the trainers.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 10:28:15 -0800

I'll bet simunition hurts like a bastard on impact.

By: C17H19NO3

C17H19NO3 — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:41:24 -0800

It doesn't hurt too bad, actually. Just a little bit more than a paintball does. It does leave a nice bruise, however.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:05:40 -0800

I stand corrected ...morphine, is it?