SIM Dispatcher is a dispatch center simulation developed in Germany, and its entire core logic is based on the structures of the German emergency medical services system. This orientation affects virtually all substantive aspects of the simulation. Workflows, decision-making logic, and role concepts are aligned with real German emergency dispatch centers. This is particularly evident in the status codes used for emergency vehicles as well as in the structure and wording of the simulated radio and voice communications. These elements follow German standards and are neither neutral nor internationally abstracted.
For users outside Germany, this means that national specifics of other emergency response systems are represented only to a limited extent or not at all. An international adaptation of the simulation is fundamentally planned, but it requires extensive structural changes and goes far beyond mere translation. Accordingly, the implementation effort is high and development proceeds incrementally. Against this background, it is essential that interested parties verify, using a trial version prior to purchase, whether the depicted processes and the strongly German-oriented emergency system meet their professional expectations.
Regardless of the current functional scope, there is a clear intention to gradually orient SIM Dispatcher more strongly toward international use. Notes on regional specifics, improvement suggestions, and concrete feature requests are actively considered, provided they are professionally sound and realistically feasible. For this purpose, community forums are available, with dedicated categories for feedback, international adaptations, and feature requests. Contributions submitted there are incorporated in a structured manner into further development planning and prioritization.
Technical Requirements and Address Data
Independent of the conceptual orientation, technical prerequisites apply for operating SIM Dispatcher. The simulation relies on structured address data to randomly generate incident locations or link them to points of interest. These data are provided in the form of regional address packages, each covering a specific region or country.
If no corresponding address package exists for a desired region, use of the simulation is technically not possible. In such cases, no additional technical support is provided, as the fundamental data basis is missing. SIM Dispatcher currently offers technical support through address packages for the following regions:
British Isle (Ireland and Great Britain)
Czech Republic
DACH Region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Denmark
Finland
France
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Spain
Sweden
United States of America
Localization of User Interface and Content
The graphical user interface of SIM Dispatcher is currently available exclusively in the following languages:
German
English
Separate from this are the contents within the simulation. These include texts of simulated incidents, caller dialogues, and radio communications between the dispatch center and response units. These contents are currently available in the following languages:
German
English
Spanish
Italian
Dutch
Swiss German
French
Polish
All content is based on German original texts and has been translated into the listed languages using AI/LLM systems. These translations serve linguistic comprehensibility but do not constitute a full professional localization of the respective national emergency response systems.
In summary, SIM Dispatcher can be used outside Germany provided that suitable address data are available, the desired content language is supported, and the strongly German-oriented structure of the emergency services system is accepted.
Community Localization Repository (GitHub)
To support gradual internationalization and improve linguistic and cultural authenticity, SIM Dispatcher maintains a public, community-driven localization repository on GitHub.
This repository contains strictly structured, locale-specific data resources used by SIM Dispatcher at runtime. Its primary purpose is to provide realistic localization inputs, such as personal name pools and other region-bound assets, without modifying the core simulation logic.
The localization repository does not change the fundamentally German-oriented logic of SIM Dispatcher. Instead, it serves as a controlled extension point that allows gradual improvement of localized simulation details where technically feasible, without implying full national system abstraction or parity.
Use of the repository is optional for end users, but it represents the primary path for structured community participation in improving localization quality over time.
