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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.
    Bullard
    Thermal Imagers

    Bullard Introduces Three New Thermal Imagers – Sharper Than Ever

    Firehouse.com News
    April 16, 2024
    New QXT Pro, NXT Pro, and DXT thermal imagers are designed specifically for the fire service.
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    The Oswego Fire Department also used the thermal imaging drone technology to strategically direct water from its aerial master streams to the seat of the fire.
    Drones

    NY Department Uses Drone to Put Out Stubborn Fire

    March 15, 2023
    The City of Oswego Fire Department used a drone to spray water on a commercial building fire after firefighters were forced to exit the building.
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    Operations & Training

    Thousands of Pounds of Onions Burn Along FL Highway

    Firehouse.com News
    Dec. 19, 2022
    Ocala firefighters had their eyes and hands full with the 6,000 pounds of onions burning.
    Photo by Joseph Sperber
    Ladder rescues require coordination with outside teams, to ensure that a ladder is at the window by which you and the victim will exit if you didn’t enter the room through the window.
    Operations & Training

    Truck Tactics: Search With a Purpose

    Sean Eagen
    Sept. 12, 2022
    Sean Eagen recounts the Buffalo, NY, Fire Department's efforts to remove four victims from a residential fire to explain the keys to a truck company's approach to search.
    Photo courtesy of Insight Fire Training
    The performance of a thermal imaging camera (TIC) varies depending on TIC manufacturer, model and type. Put another way, the picture that's displayed by TICs of different specifications won't produce the same image.
    Thermal Imagers

    Size-Up: Gaining a Better Thermal Image

    Joey Baxa
    Sept. 12, 2022
    Joey Baxa provides the particulars of best practices for thermal imaging camera use for size-up on the fireground.
    Photos courtesy of Insight Fire Training
    Two fire service TICs of identical brand (but different models) display the same heat source differently. This is because one model is in TI Basic mode and the other is in Search & Rescue mode, which highlights colorization beginning at 200 degrees F, instead of the TI Basic’s 302 degrees F. Also, the TIC at the top of the image is a lower resolution model than the model that’s below it (240x180 vs. 320x240).
    Thermal Imagers

    The Seven Deadly Sins of TIC Use

    Andrew Starnes
    Sept. 12, 2022
    Andy Starnes keys on the importance of understanding one's particular TIC and of wiping the TIC's lens and five other hindrances to proper use of a thermal imaging camera.