The 5 Hidden Costs of Traditional Emergency Training
1 - Travel and Logistics
Bringing response teams together—often across regions—yields substantial costs in travel, lodging, and scheduling. While specific figures vary by location, travel allowances alone are commonly considered direct participant support costs.
2 - Equipment Wear and Tear
Live-fire drills and field exercises stress vehicles, firefighting gear, and training assets. These maintenance costs are frequently buried in operational budgets and rarely tied back to training expenses.
3 - Lost Productivity
Every hour spent on training is an hour away from production or operations. Costs from disrupted throughput aren’t always tracked—but they diminish margins and delay progress. While we don’t have industry-wide averages here, lost opportunity costs are a major component of “hidden cost” frameworks in emergency planning.
4 - Safety Risks During Training
Training has real hazards. The National Safety Council reported the total U.S. cost of workplace injuries reached $176.5 billion in 2023, with wage and productivity losses alone at $53.1 billion.
5 - Inadequate Knowledge Retention
Traditional one-off training sessions struggle with retention. The risk: responders forget procedures, leading to higher retraining needs and increased vulnerability during real incidents. Effective safety training, on the other hand, has been shown to reduce injury-related costs by up to 50%.
How STRX solves this
STRX replaces costly, one-size-fits-all training with cloud-delivered, immersive simulations.
1 - No travel or logistics costs
2 - Zero equipment wear from live drills
3 - No equipment downtime, train anytime, anywhere
4 - No injury risk during training
5 – Repeatable and Dynamic scenarios that improve retention
If you’re looking to reduce hidden training costs while building actual emergency readiness, STRX offers a smarter path forward.
Want to explore? Contact us at info@structurus.com to see how STRX makes training both safer and more cost-effective.