Technology

During a recent meeting, the Oak Ridge City Council unanimously approved spending $56,624 on these drones and training to use them.

How can you work more closely with other agencies in your community to share your thermal imaging knowledge for other applications?

Encryption of public safety radio traffic has taken on new importance as agencies face the challenges of a pandemic and civil unrest added to their traditional mission.

"They were able to use the thermal to direct the teams on the ground as to what areas needed attention, where to pull back and redirect from," Pagano explains.

Peterson takes an up-close look at the navigation tactics and how best to position your drone during high-rise and other large-structure fires.

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Unmanned aerial systems expert Larson offers these tips to help every fire department begin its own drone program.

TIs are only as effective as the end-user’s interpretation or misinterpretation of the image. To an inexperienced eye, the best technology can be useless or possibly fatal.

With five stations, 56 full-time personnel, and 10 part time personnel, Rochester Hills, Michigan is putting firefighter and community safety first with a purchase of 50 Bullard TXS Thermal Imaging cameras.

Fire quickly swept into and through a 300' x 300' one-story commercial building.