Plymouth is the
first town where firefighters received the new fire fighting equipment named Air-Pak masks with thermal imagining technology with approved
funding. These masks are equipped with the lights located on the
sides of the masks.
Air-Pak masks have
cameras attached which provides an ability to firefighters to locate
hot spots and people in complete darkness during the smoky scene. It also
provides instant temperature reading so that firefighters can focus on an
object.
According to Ed
Bradley, the Fire Chief, this technology will make working for firefighters
much safer in dangerous or hazardous conditions as they will easily be able to
find the sources of fire and heat. He said, "The safety this brings is
unbelievable. And if my people are safe, the public is safer too."
This Scott Sight
camera system is about 8.5 ounces in weight and has small viewing screen inside
the face mask which is easy to monitor by firefighters. The cameras have a
sensor which to record the temperature of the surface and to detect heat
signature of a footprint and can detect hot spots behind walls.
The future of
firefighters are these cameras according to Bradley, and the firefighting
departments will soon outfit firefighters with this Air-pak mask with the
camera.
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