Normally used for clients, FM Global will bring its SimZone on Tour trailer to URI. It will be the first time FM Global has brought the trailer to a college campus.

Modeled after FM Global’s warehouse-sized SimZone, the 53-foot expandable tractor trailer takes interactive exhibits related to fire protection, flood protection and more on the road across North America.

Inside the trailer, students will:

• Get their hands wet at the interactive flood table as they race to beat rising waters and protect a mock facility
• Use a global flood map touchscreen to view flood exposures anywhere in the world
• Witness how a seismic gas shutoff valve prevents large releases of flammable gas room pipes
• Test sample flood mitigation products that can be assembled quickly to hold back rising water
• Watch fire sprinklers discharge
• Discover the importance of inspection and testing of fire protection equipment

Students will also get to interact with URI engineering alumni Patrick Leonard ’87 and Joel Roache ‘22. 

FM Global hires engineers from a wide range of disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, computer, civil, industrial and systems, and chemical engineering.

Anyone touring the SimZone on Tour trailer must be vaccinated for COVID-19.