Your team shouldn’t see the building for the first time during the call.
A digital map table that turns the real schools, stadiums, and hospitals in your jurisdiction into a full-size Counterstrike training map.
Explore the Digital Map Table
Counterstrike Terrain is a flat-panel digital map table for functional exercises. Select a numbered point on the table to see how the system works.
Bring Counterstrike Terrain to your jurisdiction
Request information and we will follow up with how it runs on the real locations your team would respond to.
Why agencies choose Counterstrike Terrain
Hands-on functional exercises, on the specific locations your team would actually respond to.
Any map, any location
The site everyone is worried about is the one you train on. Run scenarios on the actual schools, malls, and stadiums in your response area, not a generic stand-in. If a computer can display the map, your team can train on it.
Built for integrated response
When law enforcement, fire, EMS, dispatch, and command work the same scenario on the same map, every function practices the same priorities and the same language. That shared picture is what holds a real response together.
Same hands-on training
Physical resource chips, markers, and ICS vests on the surface of a digital map. Walk up, point, place, and run the scenario, the same hands-on method your team already knows.
Show you rehearsed it
The location on the table is the real one, so you can show a chief, a school board, or a grant officer the exact sites your team has trained on.
Multi-site ready
Split a Large into two Standard surfaces or four independent surfaces, so your team can rehearse coordinated response across several real locations at once.
Who it’s for
Counterstrike Terrain is built for the people who plan, deliver, and run incident functional exercises.
Law enforcement, fire, and EMS trainers
Run scripted incident drills on the actual schools, malls, and high-risk facilities in your response area instead of a generic environment.
School district safety teams
Train your own staff and the agencies that respond to your schools on the floor plans of the specific buildings they would actually enter.
Emergency managers and exercise designers
Plan, exercise, and rehearse on the locations your exercises are actually about. Swap the map for the next exercise without ordering and storing custom maps.
In-house trainer cadres
Repeat the same scenario on different sites across your jurisdiction, building reps your team can carry directly into the field.
How it works
The flat-panel display is the training surface, not a touch screen. Physical pieces sit on top of the display. The map underneath comes from your computer over HDMI.
Pick the map
Pull up the location you want to train on. Google Maps, Google Earth, Bing Maps, Mapbox, a facility floor plan PDF, or any image file. Display it from your laptop over standard HDMI.
Stage the pieces
Place resource chips, markers, and ICS vests directly on the surface of the display, exactly where they belong on the map. Move them, group them, and adjust as the scenario unfolds.
Run the scenario
Walk your team through active shooter, complex coordinated attack, school violent event, or reunification scenarios on the specific location they would actually respond to.
Works with what you already have.
- Works with the laptop you already own. Connects over standard HDMI, with no proprietary cabling.
- Uses the same resource chips, markers, and ICS vests as the rest of the Counterstrike line. No duplicate pieces.
- The display stands, software, and HDMI cabling are included. You supply the computer and the resource pieces.
Two configurations
Two configurations. Same software. Same connection. The difference is surface size and how many independent surfaces it splits into.
| Counterstrike Terrain™ | Standard | Large |
|---|---|---|
| Display size | 48″ × 48″ | 96″ × 48″ |
| Display surfaces | Two flat-panel surfaces | Four flat-panel surfaces |
| Multi-site capability | Run as one surface, or two independent surfaces | Run as one surface, two Standard surfaces, or four independent surfaces |
Both configurations include the Counterstrike Terrain software license, HDMI cabling, and the display stands that hold the monitors flat. Eligible for grant funding. Resource chips, markers, and ICS vest sets are sold separately on the C3 Pathways store and work across the entire Counterstrike line.
Running surfaces independently lets your team rehearse separate locations side by side. Each independent surface uses one display output from your computer, so a setup with enough HDMI or USB-C outputs unlocks the full multi-site capability.
What ships in every package
- Flat-panel monitor display(s)Two flat-panel surfaces (Standard) or four (Large), assembled as one flat surface.
- Display standsThe leg and mount rig that holds the monitors flat as the training surface. A laptop stand is not included.
- Counterstrike Terrain software licenseProprietary C3 Pathways software that drives the display.
- HDMI cabling and USB-C adapterHDMI cables for the displays, plus a USB-C-to-HDMI adapter for computers with one HDMI port and a USB-C port.
- Quick-start guideSetup instructions and first-run walkthrough.
- Customer-supplied computerThe software sends two 4K signals to the displays, which most modern laptops and PCs handle. Your computer needs two HDMI ports, or one HDMI port plus one USB-C port for the included adapter.
- Resource chips, markers, ICS vestsSold separately. Work across Counterstrike Basic, CCA, Reunification, and Counterstrike Terrain.
Get Counterstrike Terrain details for your agency
Tell us about your team and we will follow up with pricing, grant funding options, and how Counterstrike Terrain fits your training.
What running a scenario looks like
From the first dispatch call through the last patient transported. Six phases your team works through in a single scenario on Counterstrike Terrain.
It opens with a dispatch call
The trainer runs a scripted scenario that starts the way a real incident does.
Dice rolls drive the unknowns
Casualty locations, casualty counts, and unit arrival times are set by the roll, not by the plan.
Resources move into Staging
Resource rolls bring law enforcement, fire, and EMS in to assemble and deploy.
Patients move through the response
Contact Teams and Rescue Task Forces reach the injured. Triage gets organized and patients are transported to higher levels of care.
Command tracks the whole picture
Command works the incident on the ASIM Checklist, from the first call through the last patient transported.
The reps scale to your team
The same scenario runs on any location, from a single active shooter to a complex coordinated attack, a school violent event, or a reunification, without the cost of a full-scale field exercise.
Common questions
If your question isn’t here, contact us.
- What map sources can I use?
Counterstrike Terrain works with any map or imagery you can display on a computer connected to it over HDMI. Common sources include Google Maps, Google Earth, Bing Maps, Mapbox, PDF floor plans of facilities, and standard image files (JPG, PNG).
- Are the resource chips, markers, and ICS vests included?
No. Counterstrike Terrain is hardware and software only. Resource chips, markers, and ICS vests are sold separately. The same piece set works across the entire Counterstrike line.
- What kind of computer do I need?
The application pushes two (2) 4K signals to separate displays, which most modern laptops and PCs can handle. The laptop or PC needs two (2) HDMI ports, OR one (1) HDMI port and one (1) USB Type-C port for use with the provided USB-C-to-HDMI adapter.
- Is the monitor touch-enabled?
No. Physical pieces sit directly on top of the monitor surface. The training mechanics are the same as on the printed Counterstrike maps.
- Is Counterstrike Terrain eligible for grant funding?
Counterstrike Terrain is a training tool that fits within the same federal and state grant categories as the existing Counterstrike Professional Training System, including COPS, AFG, and state homeland security preparedness grants. We can provide documentation to support your grant applications. Contact us to discuss your funding source.
- Can we purchase with a government PO or contract vehicle?
Yes. C3 Pathways accepts agency purchase orders and works with public safety purchasing offices. Contact us for our W-9, capability statement, or to confirm acceptance under a specific contract vehicle.
Plan. Prepare. Practice.
Counterstrike Terrain is part of the Counterstrike Professional Training System from C3 Pathways, the hands-on functional exercises trusted by law enforcement, fire, and EMS agencies across the country.
Buy it as a standalone system and train on your own, work with certified trainers, or build your team’s skills further through courses from NCIER, the services division of C3 Pathways. However your team trains, you train on the locations that matter.
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