Session series

BEACON 01

Blended Exercise and Collaborative Operational Networking

Radiological response is a team sport. Many of us practice once a year, with our own team, using our own methods. BEACON is where agencies train together, compare approaches, and run their own systems alongside ours.

Date
September 15, 2026
Time
8:00–11:00 AM Pacific
Cost
Free

What happens in the session

Three hours, hands on the whole way through. Scenario details will be announced in the coming weeks.

First hour

The RadTeamSim platform

A walkthrough of the full platform: building an event, setting up teams, running missions, and reading the data that comes back.

90 minutes

Live drill

Monitoring approach and data collection, drawn from published methodology. Run it on RadTeamSim.Route, or use RadTeamSim.Meter on your phone if that fits your team better. Bring your own MissionEdge or CBRNResponder instance and run it alongside. Simulated teams show up in the same tools, with the same fields, as physical teams.

Final 30

Open discussion

Comparing how different organizations approach the same problem.

What you take with you

Everyone who attends leaves with 30 days of access, so your team keeps training after the session ends.

RadTeamSim.Meter

Turn any phone into a GPS-driven simulated dosimeter and survey instrument. Live dose rate, CDC exposure category, and readings that change with where you actually walk.

The web platform

Build your own event, set up teams, run missions, and see the data come back: survey points on a live map, per-responder dose records, and exportable mission reports.

Route and Flight

Ground and aerial survey simulation, available to run live during the session on a cloud kiosk. Nothing to install.

Register for BEACON 01

Slots are limited and registrations are reviewed.

Sign up

Plan to attend the full session, as the drill builds on the first hour. We will confirm your registration by email and send details as the session approaches.

After BEACON 01

BEACON runs several times a year. If this session fills or the timing does not work, there will be another, and future sessions will run at times better suited to other regions.

Train together. Compare methods. Get better.