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    • Thermal Imagers

    The Firehouse.com Thermal Imagers product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various firefighter and technical rescue thermal imagaing cameras including, FLIR, handheld thermal images, TICs, search and rescue technology options.
    Chris Sleigher
    Training for big box store fires helps members to refine rescue profiles by incorporating realistic scenarios, such as navigating obstructed pathways.
    Operations & Training

    Small Towns, Big Box Retailers: Challenges and Strategies for Firefighters

    Kristopher Blume
    Nov. 24, 2024
    Kristopher Blume explains how expansive spaces, potentially large product obstructions and limited resources heighten the importance of training.
    Jon Tenca
    Technology

    Five Questions for Tech Solution Success

    Jason Moore
    Jan. 25, 2024
    Jason Moore provides the factors that members and departments must explore so that their decisions on purchasing new technology is as buttoned down as possible.
    Teledyne FLIR
    Thermal Imagers

    Teledyne FLIR Debuts Enhanced K-Series Thermal Imaging Cameras

    Teledyne FLIR
    Jan. 22, 2024
    Improved image clarity and contrast boosts situational awareness so first responder missions are completed safely and more efficiently
    Photos by Jonathan Hall
    Knee walls range from 3 feet tall to chest height and often are found in the finished half-stories of dwellings. Half-stories might include a collar tie, which spans the rafters on opposing sides of the structure.
    Operations & Training

    Engine Essentials: Extinguishing Knee Wall Fires

    Jonathan Hall
    Nov. 10, 2023
    Jonathan Hall says the fire behavior and hazards of a residential fire that involves knee walls require particular approaches to size-up and fire attack to minimize risk to firefighters...
    Photo courtesy of Chief Edward Mullen, Perth Amboy, NJ, Fire Department
    Lateral and vertical spread are concerns in these types of occupancies. Note the tin ceiling that’s installed above the drop-tile ceiling in this store.
    Operations & Training

    Fire Studies: Rules of Engagement for Strip Mall & Taxpayer Fires

    Michael Daley
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Michael Daley explains the particularly ways by which fires in these occupancies can injure and kill firefighters who work inside of them.
    Photos by Paul Barrett
    The small, usually heavy-duty or glass block windows of residential basements can restrict access to a fire in the basement and cause a ventilation problem, which can produce limited or zero visibility.
    Operations & Training

    Truck Tactics: Residential Basement Fire Operations

    Sean Eagen
    May 8, 2023
    Sean Eagen covers the difficulties to responding to a basement fire, including the fact that exterior size-up clues can indicate a situation other than fire below grade.