The first ever Silver State Women in Fire, Female Firefighter Training Day was held on Saturday.
The grant from NV Energy will fund a new advanced modeling tool that simulates weather, fire and smoke.
Twenty-five rookie seasonal firefighters are on the verge of finishing the academy at the Nevada Division of Forestry. Part of the week-long training includes a wildfire simulation that requires most of the same equipment you could find on a real wildfire.
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada is looking for volunteers to participate in a poverty simulation exercise.
Whether it's a game, an app, or a simulation that could help astronauts feel at ease when in space, it's all being created in Northern Nevada this weekend with two hack-a-thons underway.
The University of Nevada took a major step Tuesday in its six-month-long installation of earthquake simulation equipment.