Simulator array training system

A method comprising:

• providing access to a plurality of display panels, wherein each display panel is displaying, on a display portion thereof, a portion of a simulated fire such that together the plurality of display panels display a composite fire image, each display panel having at least one sensor and a display panel controller operatively coupled to the display portion and the at least one sensor, wherein the display controller at least partially determines qualities of a modeled fire which at least partially determines a display of the simulated fire;
• at least one sensor of one of the display panels detecting an extinguishant directed at the associated display portion;
• the controller of the associated display panel determining changes in the modeled fire, based upon input received from the at least one sensor;
• the controller of the associated display panel causing the associated display portion to change the display of the portion of the simulated fire based on the determined changes;
• and
• the controller of the associated display panel providing only part of the data corresponding to the modeled fire, to at least one adjacent display panel.

A system comprising:

• an array of display panels, each display panel comprising:
• a display portion configured to display a simulated fire and including a plurality of regions;
• a sensor system configured to detect an extinguishant on a front surface of the display panel;
• and
• a display panel controller operatively coupled to the sensor system and to the display portion, wherein the display panel controller is configured to:
• at least partially determine qualities, at the plurality of regions, of a modeled fire;
• determine changes of the modeled fire based upon inputs received from the sensor system;
• cause the display portion to display the simulated fire based upon the modeled fire;
• and
• provide data corresponding to the modeled fire at positions at an outer edge of the display portion to at least one adjacent display panel, wherein the display panel controller is configured such that at least 80% of the data provided by the panel controller to the at least one adjacent display panel corresponds to the data of the regions of the display portion located in an outer 75% of a surface area of the display portion.