Firefighter training unit

A firefighter training unit for simulating use of a fire extinguishing system including a hose and liquid spray outlet for expelling a fire extinguishing liquid, the firefighter training unit including:

• a reel;
• a user-manipulable nozzle;
• a flexible and elongate member having opposite ends attached respectively to the reel and the user-manipulable nozzle and being partially wound around the reel, wherein rotation of the reel in a first rotational direction allows the flexible and elongate member to be unwound from the reel;
• a motor configured to drive the reel in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction which causes the flexible and elongate member to be wound onto the reel;
• one or more devices for providing one or more output signals corresponding to one or more simulated operating conditions of the fire extinguishing system;
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• a controller configured to drive the motor in response to the one or more output signals so as to apply torque to the reel in the second rotational direction to simulate forces applied to the hose during operation of the fire extinguishing system.