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Serious Games for First Responders

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In this chapter, serious games for fire and rescue services and medical personnel are investigated. Command training and joint training are considered for the value it can provide in all first responder services learning to work together.

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  1. CENTRIC, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

    Andrea Redhead & Steffi Davey

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    Babak Akhgar

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Redhead, A., Davey, S. (2019). Serious Games for First Responders. In: Akhgar, B. (eds) Serious Games for Enhancing Law Enforcement Agencies. Security Informatics and Law Enforcement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29926-2_10

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