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During a training session organized by the Safety Region Rotterdam Rijnmond and  VSTEP, RescueSim’s new HLA compliancy and VBS2 interoperability was put into operation, showcasing civil-military and antiterrorism training possibilities. The pilot session focused on a hijack scenario, in which the participants of the Dutch military and civil emergency services were to identify threats and cope with terrorists on board a ship.

VSTEP is proud to announce that its RescueSim virtual incident management training platform is to be fully compatible with the next generation Oculus Rift Head Mounted Displays, making full immersion 3D virtual training possible for its users and opening up new training possibilities for emergency services. 

At the Kooy Symposium 2013, Delft Dynamics, specialised in building unmanned helicopters, presented their Universal Simulation Platform for Unmanned Systems (USPvOS). Using this platform, groundstations from unmanned systems can be linked directly to RescueSim using High Level Architecture (HLA), thereby allowing virtual training of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators.

VSTEP and its partners will be demonstrating the best practices and added training of RescueSim at the upcoming "Day of the Safety Region" in The Hague and at the Virtual Fires Kongress in Sankt Georgen, Germany.

Watch Managers Steve Hayes and David Hyde of the West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service talk about training with RescueSim. RescueSim is currently being used by the West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service at their Incident Command Training Center in Crawley.

The Caribbean Maritime Institute has ordered multiple VSTEP simulators for its new high tech simulation centre at the campus in Kingston, Jamaica. VSTEP will deliver all simulator solutions, including a NAUTIS Full Mission Bridge Simulator and a Class C Engine Room Simulator. The facility will also include VSTEP RescueSim virtual incident management simulators for realistic training of maritime incidents.

Swedish training and solutions provider KrisRisk is the latest customer to be using the RescueSim virtual training platform. KrisRisk is using RescueSim to provide advanced incident management training to emergency services and safety professionals in the region.

VSTEP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Sales and Business Development team with Mr. Mark Polderman and Mr. Peter Walsh. Mr. Polderman joins VSTEP as Sales Director. Mr. Walsh joins VSTEP’s RescueSim team as company representative for the UK.

Dutch simulation company VSTEP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CAE to solidify their intention to work together on simulation projects worldwide.