Quick winning principles
- Rescue victims before fighting fire—victims score, fire doesn't.
- Fire Captain: extinguish 2 adjacent fires per action.
- Driver: move 2 specialists per action.
- Flashover warning: 4+ fires in room triggers—prevent at 3.
Ideal strategy
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Fire spread prediction: fire spreads to adjacent rooms each turn; map spread 2 turns ahead and pre-position specialists.
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Specialist chaining: Driver moves Fire Captain to hotspot; Fire Captain extinguishes 2; CAFS clears remainder—3 actions, 4+ fires removed.
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Victim priority: rescue victims in flashover-risk rooms first—victim death is loss condition, fire is tempo.
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Flashover prevention: never let room reach 4 fires; at 3 fires, dedicate full turn to that room.
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Structural damage: avoid actions that add structural damage unless victim rescue requires it.
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Endgame: when 4+ victims rescued, shift to fire containment—win is victim count, not fire elimination.