Fire Fighting

The sight vision is firefighters’ most precious commodity, but when fighting a fire, smoke can quickly rob them of that sense, essentially “blinding” them and handicapping their ability to perform effectively, find the seat of the fire or locate victims.

However, a thermal imaging camera records the intensity of radiation in the invisible infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum and converts it to a visible image. For a thermal imaging camera, every pixel in a radiometric image is a temperature measurement. Because temperature values can be read from the image, the thermal imaging camera is an ideal tool for firefighting applications.

Firefighters use thermal imaging cameras to see through smoke, locate and rescue victims, identify hot spots, navigate safely, and stay better oriented during response missions.