Patent ID: 8579631

Claim:
A simulator for use in firefighting training exercises comprising: a. a fire compartment having a flame; b. a means for generating the flame; c. a means for generating smoke by incomplete combustion of fuel into said fire compartment comprising a conical combustion chamber; an inlet for said fuel into the combustion chamber wherein said inlet contains a nozzle connected to the combustion chamber; an inlet for air into the combustion chamber; an outlet from the combustion chamber for smoke; a means to supply the fuel directly into the conical combustion chamber wherein said means can vary the quantity of fuel supplied; a blower configured to introduce variable quantities of the air into the combustion chamber, where the combustion chamber has a multiple distribution of holes in the chamber wall to allow entry of the air; d. a control room for controlling the means for generating the flame and the means for generating smoke; e. a means for expelling said smoke from said fire compartment; f. a means for oxidizing said smoke; and g. a stack for releasing said oxidized smoke from said oxidizing means.