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  • Trics Of The Trade: Life Detection Systems
    Trics Of The Trade: Life Detection Systems

    Experience has shown us that survivors of a collapse can hear us but we can not hear them from the outside of the rubble pile.Slideshow Images:

    Article • October 9th, 2006

  • Developing a TI Training Program

    Developing a 30-minute presentation from scratch can also take a full work day.

    Article • October 6th, 2006

  • Developing a Thermal Imaging Training Program
    Developing a Thermal Imaging Training Program

    For more than two years, this column has presented numerous training tips to help firefighters use their thermal imagers (Tis) more effectively. Short, practical training exercises were provided with the intention of improving user understanding and...

    Article • October 1st, 2006

  • FCC Mandates Frequency Narrowbanding

    In 2013, all radios in the identified radio spectrum bands will be mandated to meet the FCC narrowband requirements.

    Article • September 25th, 2006

  • TI Training for Safety - Part 3

    In an effort to deal with the risk of advancing at an inappropriate speed, this training article recommends that TI operator takes time to describe what he sees on the TI display.

    Article • September 12th, 2006

  • Training for Safety – Part 3

    This training column is the third and final installment of a series on the "Five Deadly Sins" of thermal imaging. The first two columns concentrated on the most common, and potentially most dangerous, sins: "Standing and Walking in Unsafe Environments...

    Article • September 1st, 2006

  • Technology Impacts Emergency Preparedness & Daily Operations

    Upon an initial assessment of services being used, it was quickly learned that there was a broad range of commercial wireless services being used throughout Richmond government and under no coordinated rhyme or reason.

    Article • August 7th, 2006

  • Training for Safety – Part 2
    Training for Safety – Part 2

    Last month’s column was the first in a three-part series that emphasizes key safety issues during thermal imager (TI) use. The ease with which most TIs can be operated today breeds an overconfidence and over-reliance on the tool; both of these...

    Article • August 1st, 2006

  • Training For Safety - Part 1
    Training For Safety - Part 1

    This article will describe how to make a safe, thorough search with a thermal imager while advancing through a structure.

    Article • August 1st, 2006

  • Challenging The Status Quo: Eliminating Civilian Fire Deaths

    Recently, a new challenge was initiated by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), United States Fire Administration (USFA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and several non-government agencies to eliminate residential fire deaths by 2020...

    Article • August 1st, 2006

  • The Meaning Behind The Mumbo-Jumbo

    Here you will find additional terms listed and defined in an effort to help you understand what the manufacturers are trying to say. This will make you a more informed user and buyer of your thermal imaging equipment.

    Article • August 1st, 2006

  • Thermal Imagers: Training for Safety – Part 1
    Thermal Imagers: Training for Safety – Part 1

    Every month, this column emphasizes how a thermal imager (TI) can make a firefighter’s job easier and safer. This month’s column is the first installment of a three-part series that concentrates on training firefighters to use their TIs in...

    Article • July 1st, 2006

  • The Interoperability Evolution: A New Road Map

    Speaking at the recent Tactical Interoperable Communications Conference in Washington, DC, in May, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff noted, "I’m going to tell you that the biggest barrier to interoperability is not technology. Here...

    Article • July 1st, 2006

  • Thermal Imager Training: The Meaning Behind the Mumbo-Jumbo

    Over the past two years, this column has concentrated on helping firefighters prepare themselves to use their thermal imagers (TIs) more effectively at emergency incidents. The articles have included suggestions about how and when to use TIs, as well...

    Article • June 1st, 2006

  • The Interoperability Evolution: A New Road Map

    Now that many localities are interoperability enabled - how are they using these enhanced capabilities? Unfortunately, too many agencies operate the same as before the new equipment was implemented.

    Article • May 22nd, 2006

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