​Class A Dräger Swede Survival Systems combine purpose-built training units with Dräger-certified instructional programs that train firefighters on fire behavior in different situations. As a result, you can continually advance the abilities and confidence of firefighters. The Phase 3 System is an observation environment that enables firefighters to observe the external signs of an approaching backdraft phenomenon.
 
At Dräger, we believe in a progressive learning process when teaching the characteristics of fire. Our instructional program can be traced to the multi-phased live fire training program developed by the Swedish Rescue Services Agency in Skovde, Sweden.

​The Phase 3 System is configured from a 20-foot container. The primary training objectives are to understand the warning signs leading up to a potential backdraft and to learn techniques to eliminate its occurrence.

Participants receive expert instruction on firefighter roles during the actual observation exercise and what tools will be used during the simulation.

​With proper maintenance, Swede Survival Systems have been known to withstand more than 1,000 training sessions. The burn chamber floor walls and ceiling are lined with high temperature insulation material that is protected behind a welded layer of 11-gauge steel. This protects the structural integrity of the container from the grueling temperature swings the container is designed to withstand over many hundreds of training evolutions.

​The Dräger Swede Survival Phase 3 System includes a two-day train-the-trainer workshop for up to 10 instructors. This workshop is conducted by instructors who have extensive experience training various evolutions in the Dräger Swede Survival Systems. This training and certification process ensures that your instructors become thoroughly familiar with the safe and effective use of the Phase 3 training system.

​Phase 3 training includes a four-hour classroom session covering the theory of operation, recommended loading procedures, pre-evolution briefing, safety procedures, and maintenance of the system.
 
Classroom training is followed by the hands-on portion of the training, which consists of operating the Phase 3 observation structure with the trainer’s instructions. Each student participates in a complete training evolution—from loading the materials, igniting the fire, identifying smoke conditions, understanding the fire
behavior leading to backdraft conditions, management of the container, to ending the session and debriefing.
 
Dräger offers a full line of container-based Class A fire training structures, which represent a comprehensive fire training curriculum.

• One trip 20 foot container
  
• High performance insulation
  
• 16 gauge steel exterior
  
• 11 gauge sheet metal covering insulation
  
• 11 gauge steel flooring
  
• 5/16" chain on walls, ceiling, and doors of burn area to hold Class A materials
  
• Ventilation-limited compartment
  
• Partition with barn-style entry door
  
• Interior heat protectors
  
• Concrete pavers lining entire floor
  
• Controllable ventilation system
  
• Compartment door to produce backdraft condition when opened
  
• 55-gallon crib fire drum
  
• Paintred oxide
  
• Low flow nozzle 30/60/95/125 GPM
  
• 2-day train-the-trainer course with certified instructors
  

• Certified instructors
  
• Fire behavior leading to backdraft conditions
  
• Container operations
  
• Hydraulic ventilation
  
• Smoke conditions recognition
  
• Container management
  
• Overall safety