730052CommandLinkClosedLegacy RDA Grant for R&DInnovate UKThe aim of this project (to be named CommandLink) is to provide a significantly more realistic training capability by replacing the current TCT system and providing integration with a unique version of the CS. The key benefit of this integration is that it will enable, for the first time, local, regional and national fire services to train and evaluate all of their command staff on distributed C41 systems. More importantly, this training can be undertaken using realistic scenarios that combine competency-specific educational objectives with data feeds from operational systems. This allows the trainees to experience using the real system while being subject to controlled training scenarios. A further benefit of this approach is that the assessment of specific competencies can be undertaken for some or all of the participants in the training exercises; furthermore a combination of experienced and novice operators can work together in a training scenario. Any number of distributed users from the relevant emergency agencies can participate and be individually assessed in terms of their personal operational capabilities and as a member of a multi-agency team.