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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.
    Photos by Jacob Gates
    Operations & Training

    Truck Tactics: The Truck Work Mindset Without the Truck

    Jacob Gates
    May 8, 2024
    Jacob Gates sheds light on numerous matters that might escape engine company crews in regard to truck company operations that they might be required to do.
    Ryan Mancini, MassLive (TNS)
    Harvard Fire Department firefighter and drone operator Robert Curran receives the TEAM Award from Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.
    Drones

    MA Firefighter Honored for Using Drone to Reunite Family and Dog

    March 28, 2023
    Harvard Fire Department firefighter Robert Curran received the District Attorney’s Team Excellence and Merit Award for helping a Devens family reunite with their beloved pup.
    Oswego Fire Department/Facebook
    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.