Realism in the data
Roads, distances, hospitals and stations come from open data. The nearest unit isn’t always the right one.
The emergency dispatch game on a real map: Your city.Your decisions.Every second counts.
Build your emergency network, coordinate land, water and air units and tackle dynamic emergencies on real territory. On your own or with your alliance.
- Free
- In your browser, even on your phone
- No download
All you need is an email and a Director name. No passwords.
Control roomOn duty
- Available units
- 3
- Credits
- 12,480
Demo simulation of the game interface. In the game, the map is the real one of your city.
What is Rescue Control: You’re the Director of emergency response. The city is the real one.
Rescue Control is a free management game that plays in your browser. Pick an Italian town or city, take charge of a control room and start receiving emergencies on the real map of the area. You decide who goes, in which vehicle and from where. Every successful response earns Credits and experience to grow your network: more vehicles, more staff, more stations, more services.
Simplicity in the controls
An emergency opens with a tap and is handled in seconds. The depth is in the choices, not in the menus.
A world that keeps going
Your decisions are saved on the server: vehicles on the road, building works and courses all finish even with your browser closed.
How to play: From the call to the return to base, in five moves
- 01
The emergency comes in
It appears on the map with its type, severity and what it takes to resolve it: firefighting, medical care, public order…
- 02
Choose who to send
The game suggests suitable units with real arrival times. Accept the recommendation with one tap, or put the team together yourself.
- 03
Follow the response
Units travel along real roads, in compressed time. If resources fall short the situation gets worse: send reinforcements.
- 04
Collect the result
When the mission ends you earn Credits, experience and reputation. Vehicles and crews head back, rest and go in for maintenance.
- 05
Grow your network
Buy vehicles, hire and train staff, expand your stations and open new ones. More coverage means a higher periodic salary.
Your control room: The whole city at a glance
The control room is your main screen: full-screen map, active emergencies, units available and on the move, staff status. Designed for phones first, fully featured on desktop too.
- High-legibility dark map, with your stations and units in real time
- Clear emergency cards: what’s needed, who can get there, how fast
- A “While you were away” recap when you come back and push notifications when something happens
- The same experience on phone, tablet and computer
Dynamic emergencies: No two shifts are ever the same
Emergencies appear in plausible places across the territory and change with the time of day, the area’s real weather and traffic. There are over 140 incident types and each one calls for capabilities, not a specific vehicle: combining the right resources is up to you.
Escalation
A neglected fire spreads, a patient deteriorates. Turning up late or short-handed has consequences.
Casualties and hospitals
Triage, on-scene treatment, choosing the hospital by department and load, transport: the medical chain is part of the game.
Weather and traffic
Rain, fog, rush hour and closed roads change arrival times and the kind of calls you get. In storms or fog, helicopters stay on the ground.
Never a final defeat
A failed mission costs you reputation, not your career. There’s always a way to bounce back.
Major emergencies: When one crew is not enough
From level 5 you face major emergencies: 19 multi-front scenarios, from an industrial fire to a motorway pile-up, from a storm to a structural collapse. They are sized to your fleet and unfold in four phases: alert, containment, rescue, making safe.
Several fronts, one command
A main scene plus linked incidents to coordinate together. If coverage falls short, the event grows.
Outside reinforcements
You can always call in a reinforcement column that covers what you lack, in exchange for a smaller bonus.
Medals
Every scenario ends with a bronze, silver or gold medal that stays on your profile.
Vehicles and staff: A vehicle without a crew goes nowhere
Every vehicle has capabilities, a technical condition and wear. Every responder has a name, qualifications, fatigue and a career. Build the crew of each vehicle, schedule courses and maintenance: your network’s efficiency depends on people as much as on vehicles.
- 45 vehicle types: fire engines, turntable ladders, ambulances, rapid response cars, patrol cars, wildfire units, off-roaders, rescue boats, patrol boats, helicopters
- Individual responders with roles, qualifications and training courses
- Fatigue, rest and minor injuries to manage with common sense
- Scheduled maintenance, fuel, on-board supplies, breakdowns and vehicle recovery
Land, water and air: Rescue doesn’t stop where the road ends
Land vehicles are joined by boats and aircraft, each with its own base, qualified crew and limits.
Water
From the boat base, at level 6, you launch jet skis, rescue boats, water ambulances and patrol boats. Anyone in the water must first be brought ashore; where you can’t reach, the Coast Guard steps in.
Air
From the helipad, at level 20, rescue helicopters take off; at level 30 the amphibious firefighting plane arrives. Flight endurance is real: they head back to refuel and go out again.
Land
Patrols cover their area on their own, vehicles can go straight from one incident to the next without returning, and fuel and on-board supplies need watching.
The five services: One command for the entire response
Start with the Fire Service and unlock the others as you grow: medical at level 3, police at 6, wildfire and mountain rescue from 10. One Director, five operational families, each with its own vehicles, staff and emergencies.
Fire Brigade
Fires, technical rescues, road accidents, landslides and collapses. Fire engines, turntable ladders and specialist crews.
Emergency Medical Service
Sudden illness, trauma, cardiac arrests. Ambulances, rapid response cars, on-scene treatment and hospital transport.
Police
Public order, thefts, traffic control and scene security. Patrols always on the move.
Wildfire Service
Forest and wildland–urban interface fires, seasonality and wind. Wildfire units and ground crews.
Mountain Rescue
Missing hikers, injuries at altitude, rough terrain. Teams and vehicles built for the mountains.
Service names describe the operational role in the game. Rescue Control is not affiliated with any agency or corps and does not use their emblems or liveries.
Alliances: Each to their own city. Together, a territory.
From level 3 you can join an alliance, from level 5 found one. You stay in command of your own network, but share a board, a chat, objectives and, when needed, vehicles with your allies.
Board and chat
Announcements, notes and an alliance chat with quick phrases. Community rules, reporting and moderation are active from day one.
Mutual aid
An ally in trouble? Send a column of vehicles to their emergency: the incident stays theirs, your contribution is rewarded.
Alliance operations
Large multi-front emergencies that start by surprise: whoever is on duty gets the alert and chooses whether to join.
Objectives and ranking
Three objectives a week, an alliance that grows from 10 to 40 members and a weekly ranking between alliances.
The game screen: Don’t just watch the city. Run it.
Topbar, fleet, map, emergencies and facility list: the full interface you play with every turn, exactly as it looks in-game.
Real territory: Know the roads? You’ve got a head start
The game world is generated from open data: OpenStreetMap for roads, stations and hospitals, ISTAT for municipalities and population. Routes are calculated on the real road network. Today you can start from 1,044 municipalities in Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche, and Molise; the other Italian regions arrive one at a time.
- 1,044
- municipalities to start from today
- 100%
- routes on the real road network
- 5
- service families
Choose your city
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistical data ISTAT
Build and expand: From one control room to a network
You start with one station and a handful of vehicles. Extend garages and crew quarters, take over more real-world stations or candidate sites where coverage is thin, and bring arrival times under control one neighbourhood at a time.
Expansions
More vehicle bays, quarters, storage, a workshop, a training room, a helipad and a pier.
New stations
Open outposts where they’re needed and cut arrival times.
Coverage
A coverage map shows where you’re strong and where you’re not: your periodic salary depends on it.
Progression: Levels are earned in the field
Experience comes only from missions. As you level up, all the way to 60, you unlock vehicles, services, buildings and more complex emergencies. Credits speed up management, but they don’t skip levels: whoever is further ahead has played more.
Level 1
A Fire Service station, your first vehicles, the guided tutorial.
Levels 3–6
Medical service at 3, major emergencies and alliances at 5, police and the boat base at 6.
Levels 10–14
Wildfire and Mountain Rescue, in the order your territory calls for.
Levels 20–30
Coordination centre, helipad, helicopters and, at 30, the firefighting plane.
Play for free: Free. And fair.
Rescue Control is free-to-play and intends to stay that way, no tricks. These are the rules we’ve set ourselves.
One currency: Credits
No gems, no second currency. What you see is what you spend.
Everything can be earned by playing
Every vehicle, station and service is within reach using the Credits earned on missions and your periodic salary.
Optional purchases
You can buy Credits to speed up management, with the price in euros always visible. They don’t unlock levels and you don’t need them to win.
No forced ads
No banners and no interruptions while you play. If videos in exchange for Credits ever arrive, watching them will always be your choice.
No chance-based mechanics
No loot boxes, no paid mystery packs. You always know what you’re buying.
Roadmap: What’s here today and what’s coming
Already in the game
- Five services
- Land, water and air vehicles
- Major emergencies
- Alliances with board, chat and mutual aid
- Individual staff
- Medical chain and hospitals
- Maintenance, fuel and inventory
- Live weather and traffic
- Push notifications
- Recruit 2 Directors
Coming next
- More Italian regions
- Shareable Rescue Report
Further ahead
- Scenario challenges
- Co-operative public events
- Regional leaderboards
- New countries
The roadmap shows intentions, not dated promises: priorities follow player feedback.
FAQ: Frequently asked questions
Is Rescue Control really free?
Yes. It’s free to play and everything in the game can be earned by playing. Credit purchases and rewarded videos are optional.
Do I need to download or install anything?
No. Rescue Control runs in your browser, on phone, tablet and computer. No store, no install: open the site and play.
How do I sign up?
Pick a Director name and enter your email: you’ll get a 6-digit code and you’re in. No password to remember.
Can I play in my own city?
Yes, if it is in a region that is already available. Today you can start from 1,044 municipalities in Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche, and Molise; the other regions arrive one at a time and are already listed in the game as “Coming soon”. The map, roads, hospitals and stations are the real ones, taken from open data.
What happens when I’m offline?
No new emergencies break out while you’re away. Processes already under way — journeys, building works, courses, repairs — are completed, your salary accrues up to a cap, and when you return you’ll find the “While you were away” recap.
Do paying players have an advantage?
Credits can speed up management timers, such as deliveries or repairs, but not operational times and not levels, which are earned only through experience in the field.
How does “Recruit 2 Directors” work?
Every Director has a personal invite link. When two people you’ve invited genuinely start playing and complete their first missions, you all receive bonus Credits.
Is it an official game of any emergency service?
No. Rescue Control is an independent work of fiction, not affiliated with any agency, corps or service. It’s a game: in a real emergency call 112.
Is there a minimum age?
Yes, you must be at least 14 years old to sign up.
Can I play with other people?
Yes. From level 3 you can join an alliance and from level 5 found one: a shared board and chat, mutual aid with columns of vehicles on your allies’ emergencies, weekly objectives, a ranking and alliance operations. Everyone stays in command of their own city.
Are there helicopters and boats?
Yes. From the boat base, at level 6, you launch jet skis, rescue boats, water ambulances and patrol boats. From the helipad, at level 20, helicopters take off, and at level 30 the amphibious firefighting plane arrives.
What are major emergencies?
Large multi-front events available from level 5: 19 scenarios sized to your fleet, in four phases. You can call in outside reinforcements and every scenario ends with a medal.
Can I install it as an app and get notifications?
No store needed: you can add Rescue Control to your Home screen and turn on push notifications for emergencies, patients, major emergencies and your alliance. On iPhone and iPad notifications work once it has been added to the Home screen.
Which languages is it available in?
Italian, English, French, German and Spanish.
The control room is waiting, Director.
Your first emergency comes in less than two minutes after you sign up.
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