Through a partnership with Polk County Emergency Management, researchers at Iowa State University are developing an online game to help train emergency managers respond more effectively in times of disaster.
Citing a gap in the market for severe weather emergency training games, the team seeks to make an engaging, immersive and flexible tool emergency trainers can use across departments.
The game is meant for training members of public safety agencies. It forces players to make critical resource and communication decisions in the aftermath of a disaster in an urban area as members of emergency response teams…