1. Department of Industrial and Systems
EngineeringFall 2014
Firefighter Crawling Training Module
Auburn/Opelika Fire Department
Members:
Reid Cunningham
Murphy Martin
Ross Saxon
Bennett Snyder
Senior Design – Spring 2015

2. INTRODUCTION
Auburn/Opelika Fire Department
• Trailer simulates harsh conditions faced in a burning building
 Limited Visibility
 Heat
• Used to practice crawl technique, oxygen conservation, and control of
physiological variables

3. MEASURE
• Key Metrics:
• Accessibility – measured by distance travelled to train
• Cost – measured by cost of mobile training trailers state fire
academies have purchased
• Data Collection:
• Contacted 240 fire departments throughout the twelve
southeastern states
• Surveyed training officers about their confined space crawling
training situation
• Key Takeaways:
• A majority of the departments contacted travel
greater than 50 miles to complete training
• State Fire Academies reported paying $250K+
for their mobile training solutions

4. ANALYZE
• Root Cause Identification
• Use our design to address these issues

5. DESIGN
• Additional Features
 Configurability
 Live Monitoring
 Quick Rescue
 Intuitive Assembly
• Potential Savings
• Potential Implementation

6. VERIFY
• Pass resources on to
future groups
• Prototype
• Marketing to fire
departments
• Eventual Manufacturing

7. Department of Industrial and Systems
EngineeringFall 2014
Firefighter Crawling Training Module
Auburn/Opelika Fire Department
Members:
Reid Cunningham
Murphy Martin
Ross Saxon
Bennett Snyder
Senior Design – Spring 2015