[H] Command Post fire lane · Construction Exercise Map

Scenario descriptions

The situation, for each audience

Keep the trainer context out of trainee packets and read-aloud materials.

Trainee facing · Read aloud

Current situation

Fire Chief Vulcan Raven of Fire Emergency Services (713 CES) requests construction of a new 700-foot all-weather fire lane from the installation road to the Shadow Moses Command Post. The lane runs north-south west of Building 100 and east of the FOXHOUND Recreation Center. Work includes clearing and excavation, geotextile and engineered aggregate for freeze-thaw conditions, drainage culverts, a fire-engine turning apron, and a hydrant lateral and connection point.

The 24-foot road envelope is precisely located: its east pavement edge is 28 feet west of the Command Post west exterior wall; its centerline is 40 feet west of that wall; and its west pavement edge is 98 feet east of the Recreation Center east exterior wall. H-03 establishes this geometry. H-04 states that the alignment is the approved acquisition basis under mandatory DoD fire-protection criteria and may not be shifted merely to accommodate unrelated sitework.

The $4.16 million rural-civil requirement is fully funded in H-01 and is being planned as a separate SABER task order with Outer Heaven Builders, LLC, as the incumbent prime and Bering Fire & Water, LLC, identified for the hydrant and water-system portion. Your contracting team has also received the requirement summary, alignment and turning plan, fire-protection approval, schedule, and coefficient-based Government estimate.

Trainer only · Do not issue

Facilitator context

Release at Increment 11 with [G]. The fire design is not defective by itself; the failure is lack of interdisciplinary coordination. UFC 3-600-01 section 9-1.1 requires qualifying facilities to have all-weather emergency access ending no farther than 33 feet from an accessible exterior door, while section 9-1.3 requires fire-lane and turnaround dimensions to comply with NFPA 1 and vehicle access to be coordinated with the installation fire department. H-04 uses those criteria and the local site constraints to fix H-03's alignment.

Trainees may proceed because Fire approved the design or request combined Fire Emergency Services (713 CES), Security Forces (713 SFS), Civil Engineering (713 CES), and Contracting (713 CONS) review. If they ask for an overlay, the later prompt-only GH-02 shows all three west boulder lines inside the road. The correct cure is revised G proposal designs through the common SM-MACC-01 channel—not moving H's nonnegotiable lane. Return to the two-option [G] response set; no separate outcome event follows.

Trainer clue bank

Regulatory signposts

9 sources

Direct trainees to a citation when they need a narrower clue. Have them apply the contract’s actual clauses, current thresholds, local policy, and the facts before treating any signpost as dispositive.

Release 01

Give initially

6 records

These establish the decision without answering the factual questions trainees should identify.

H-01

Certified fire-lane purchase request

Provides a signed $4.16 million FY25 Military Construction, Air Force (3300) Form 9-style request for the complete SABER requirement.

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H-02

Fire-lane requirement summary

Defines the 700-foot rural-civil scope, 24-foot clear width, north-south orientation, hydrant work, performance standards, acceptance controls, and fixed lateral geometry.

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H-03

Fire-lane alignment and turning plan

Shows the north-south road, turning apron, hydrant lateral, and exact distances from both buildings without displaying any Command Post security barrier.

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H-04

Fire-protection alignment approval

Ties the fixed alignment to UFC 3-600-01's all-weather access and 33-foot ingress criterion, apparatus coordination, site constraints, and written Fire/DFPE approval.

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H-05

Procurement and delivery schedule

Shows that there is time to coordinate before award but that postaward boulder relocation would consume weather contingency and threaten both projects.

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H-06

Independent Government Cost Estimate

Applies the incumbent SABER holder's awarded coefficients to localized quantities and reconciles to the $4.16 million certified request.

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Release 02

Give only after trainee prompting

7 records

Use the prompt as a release gate; close-enough trainee questions should count when they seek the same underlying fact.

Prompt / triggerHandoutExercise purpose

PromptAsk what else affects the Command Post

HandoutGH-01
Shared-site project register

PurposeIdentifies the common site.

PromptAsk to overlay the projects

HandoutGH-02
Command Post composite plan

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PurposePlaces the G offerors' west boulder offsets over H-03 and reveals that 36, 40, and 44 feet all fall inside the fixed road envelope 28 to 52 feet west of the Command Post.

PromptAsk for current dimensions

HandoutGH-03
Survey and photographs

PurposeConfirms actual space.

PromptAsk whether fire apparatus can maneuver

HandoutGH-04
Apparatus turning simulation

PurposeProvides technical verification.

PromptAsk whether barriers can change

HandoutGH-05
Security minimums and operable-barrier alternative

PurposeShows a coordinated solution.

PromptAsk about underground conflicts

HandoutGH-06
Utility survey

PurposeProvides legitimate chaff.

PromptAsk about sequencing

HandoutGH-07
Integrated schedule

PurposeShows whether revision can occur before reliance.

Facilitation lens

What a strong analysis should surface

UFC 3-600-01 is mandatory DoD technical criteria rather than a separate statute. Its section 9-1 access requirements and the H-04 determination make the road alignment an acquisition constraint; trainees should not casually solve the conflict by moving the road.
A Fire-approved design still requires combined Fire Emergency Services (713 CES), Security Forces (713 SFS), Civil Engineering (713 CES), and Contracting (713 CONS) review when another Government project occupies the same site.
Waiting until mobilization is too late for a foreseeable cross-project interface.
Do not advance only the hydrant connection while leaving the fire-lane alignment conflict unresolved.

Trainer-controlled decision menu

Available response options

2 options

Offer options in plain language and accept equivalent trainee analysis. Do not reveal the assessment labels. Use each availability gate before accepting a contextual response, and use the trainer line to redirect a superfluous answer immediately.

How to run this node: Use [H] to test whether Fire approval is mistaken for full site coordination, then return to the [G] outcome choice. No separate outcome event follows.

H1Weak

Proceed because Fire approved the fire-lane plan; coordinate with the selected design-builder after award.

Available when: Initially available
Trainer line: “Fire approval validates H's discipline, but postaward coordination is too late to reconcile conflicting Government requirements without contractor reliance and change exposure. H-03's fixed 28-to-52-foot-west road envelope is not shown with the G barriers until the projects are deliberately overlaid.”
Leads next: Return to G1 on [G] and apply the premature-award consequence.

H2Strong

Require a combined Fire, security, civil, operational, and contracting overlay before the design-build award.

Available when: Initially available
Trainer line: “The shared review reveals that every offeror's west boulder line conflicts with the fixed north-south fire lane. The cure is common written clarification, revised G proposal designs, and reevaluation—not shifting the H road away from its approved fire-access position.”
Leads next: Return to G2 on [G].