Fight fire with real equipment, with zero risk

2026

International award

Bronze at the Seoul Smart City Prize 2026.

KITEM – Konya Fire Department Virtual Tactical Center, built on Twinup’s Firefighter Virtual Tactical Training Simulation, won Bronze in the Tech-InnovaCity category: a zero-emission, mixed-reality alternative to live-fire training, where crews work fire, hazardous-material and vehicle-rescue scenarios together with real equipment.

Category: Tech-InnovaCity
Award: Bronze
Project: KITEM – Konya Fire Department Virtual Tactical Center
Implemented by: Konya Metropolitan Municipality

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Overview

A training platform where real equipment meets mixed reality

The project is a training platform developed for firefighters, volunteer firefighters and related personnel. Its purpose is to save water and to reduce air pollution.

Mixed Reality technology is combined with real firefighting equipment, creating a realistic training and simulation environment: the fire, the smoke and the danger are virtual — the equipment, the crew and every move are real.

01

For firefighters and volunteers

Firefighters, volunteer firefighters and related personnel train on the same platform.

02

Saves water

Trainees fight a virtual fire with a real nozzle — no real water is sprayed.

03

Less air pollution

No real fire and no real smoke are produced during training.

04

Realistic mixed reality

The real yard and real gear are seen through Meta Quest 3, with virtual fire and smoke on top.

Technical Infrastructure

One data path from sensor-fitted gear to every headset

Every move made with the real equipment reaches all participants at the same time, through the central server and Photon.

Data flow

01

Sensor-fitted gearNozzle, foam lances, Halligan, hose, fixation

02

Wi-Fi cardWireless module on the gear

03

TCPReliable data transfer

04

Central serverCollects the equipment data

05

Photon multiplayerShares it with every user

06

Meta Quest 3Each participant's headset

01Physical

Sensor-fitted equipment

Various sensors and a Wi-Fi card are added to real firefighting equipment.

02TCP

Data transmission

Data from the equipment is transferred to a central server over the TCP protocol.

03Photon

Multiplayer structure

Data reaching the server is distributed to all users through the Photon multiplayer infrastructure.

04Meta Quest 3

User hardware

Participants connect to the server with Meta Quest 3 headsets and experience the scenarios realistically.

Training Scenarios

Five scenarios, one training ground

The simulation consists of five scenarios. Each can be repeated as often as needed — with real equipment and zero risk.

01

Advancing to the fire source and laying hose

The crew moves from the engine toward the fire, lays the hose and charges the line. Sensor data from the real hose and turbo nozzle drives the virtual scene for every headset.

HoseTurbo nozzle

02

Intervening at the fire source

The nozzle team cools the hot gases with short pulses, then attacks the seat of the fire. The real nozzle's sensor data drives the virtual stream, and the flames respond.

Turbo nozzleHose

03

Rescuing a casualty from a fire

The team searches a smoke-filled room, finds the casualty and carries them to safety. The casualty is secured with real fixation equipment.

Fixation equipment

04

Responding to chemical fires

A burning flammable-liquid spill from a leaking tank is tackled with two different types of foam lance. The fire goes out as the foam blanket closes over the surface.

Foam lance · 2 types

05

Responding to traffic accidents

Vehicles are stabilised, the door is opened and the driver is extricated. Many tools specific to this scenario are used virtually, while the Halligan bar and the fixation equipment are real.

Virtual equipmentHalligan barFixation equipment

Equipment

Physical and virtual equipment

The physical equipment is sensor-fitted; the traffic-accident scenario adds a large virtual equipment set.

Type

Equipment

Physical (sensor-fitted)

Turbo nozzle, two different types of foam lance, fixation equipment, Halligan bar, hoses

Virtual

Many items of equipment specific to the traffic-accident response scenario

Management Layer & Web Panel

Tracking and reporting by permission

A management layer provides permission-based access for three user roles and is monitored on the web panel. Applied scenarios, scores and success rates can be tracked and reported according to each user's authority. The values on the right show an illustrative training day.

L1

FirefightersFollow their own scenarios, scores and success rate.

L2

Team LeadersMonitor and report their team's scenarios and results.

L3

Operations ManagersTrack and report results across teams, within their authority.

Permission-based access for 3 roles
Scenarios, scores and success rates
Reporting on the web panel

twinup · Web panelLIVE

Scenarios run (sample day)128

Average score88 / 100

Success rate91%

Headsets in session4 / 4

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