Fire training props and methods for using fire training props

A training method comprising

• providing a training prop comprising:
• a heat-resistant enclosure having an open top, a closed aluminum bottom, aluminum sides, and aluminum support members;
• a heat-resistant transparent top panel positioned on the open top of the heat-resistant enclosure;
• at least one heat-resistant internal partition positioned within the enclosure and defining a plurality of internal volumes within the enclosure;
• and
• at least one wall aperture having an aperture cover in the at least one heat-resistant internal partition;
• wherein the sides, the transparent top panel, the bottom, and the support members comprise floating panel construction, wherein the sides, the transparent top panel, the bottom, and the support members are designed and dimensioned with sufficient clearances to allow for thermal expansion and contraction without thermal distortion of the enclosure;
• and
• introducing a source of live fire to the heat-resistant enclosure;
• and
• allowing a trainee to monitor a flow of the live fire in the enclosure through the heat-resistant transparent top panel.

A table-top fire training prop, the training prop comprising:

• a heat-resistant enclosure having an open top, a closed aluminum bottom, aluminum sides, and aluminum support members;
• a partition assembly positioned within the heat-resistant enclosure, the partition assembly having a plurality of partitions defining a plurality of internal volumes within the heat-resistant enclosure;
• a heat-resistant transparent top panel positioned on the open top of the heat-resistant enclosure;
• at least one side aperture and a side aperture cover in at least one of the sides of the heat-resistant enclosure;
• at least one door pivotally mounted to one of the partitions of the partition assembly;
• and
• at least one control rod operatively connected to the at least one door and adapted to open and close the at least one door;
• wherein the sides, the transparent top panel, the bottom, and the support members comprise floating panel construction, wherein the sides, the transparent top panel, the bottom, and the support members are designed and dimensioned with sufficient clearances to allow for thermal expansion and contraction without thermal distortion of the enclosure;
• and
• wherein, when a source of live fire is introduced to the heat-resistant enclosure, a flow of the live fire in the heat-resistant enclosure can be monitored by a user through the heat-resistant transparent top panel and the flow of live fire can be manipulated by the user by opening or closing the at least one door with the at least one control rod.