Dutch Railways use RescueSim simulator for tunnel incident and evacuation training

VSTEP’s virtual incident training simulator RescueSim is currently used by the Dutch Railways (NS) to train its personnel in tunnel evacuation procedures and railway incident management. Training has already been successfully started on five key locations in the Netherlands from January 1st 2012 onwards and will be concluded later this year. The goal is to train all  6000  train drivers and conductors of the Dutch Railways during a one year period. The demand by the Dutch Railways for a realistic virtual training system came following the incident and fire in the Schiphol railway tunnel on July 2nd 2009. Following this incident, the Dutch Minister of Traffic and Waterways advised that all Railways personnel should be trained in tunnel evacuation procedures (…) Continua →

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