Fire service and first responder thermal imaging camera (TIC) advances and standards

Lawrence S. Konsin; Stuart Nixdorff

doi:10.1117/12.719050

8 June 2007 Fire service and first responder thermal imaging camera (TIC) advances and standards

Lawrence S. Konsin, Stuart Nixdorff

Proceedings Volume 6542, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIII; 65423F (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719050
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Fire Service and First Responder Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) applications are growing, saving lives and preventing injury and property damage. Firefighters face a wide range of serious hazards. TICs help mitigate the risks by protecting Firefighters and preventing injury, while reducing time spent fighting the fire and resources needed to do so. Most fire safety equipment is covered by performance standards. Fire TICs, however, are not covered by such standards and are also subject to inadequate operational performance and insufficient user training. Meanwhile, advancements in Fire TICs and lower costs are driving product demand. The need for a Fire TIC Standard was spurred in late 2004 through a Government sponsored Workshop where experts from the First Responder community, component manufacturers, firefighter training, and those doing research on TICs discussed strategies, technologies, procedures, best practices and R&D that could improve Fire TICs. The workshop identified pressing image quality, performance metrics, and standards issues. Durability and ruggedness metrics and standard testing methods were also seen as important, as was TIC training and certification of end-users. A progress report on several efforts in these areas and their impact on the IR sensor industry will be given. This paper is a follow up to the SPIE Orlando 2004 paper on Fire TIC usage (entitled Emergency Responders' Critical Infrared) which explored the technological development of this IR industry segment from the viewpoint of the end user, in light of the studies and reports that had established TICs as a mission critical tool for firefighters.

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Lawrence S. Konsin and Stuart Nixdorff "Fire service and first responder thermal imaging camera (TIC) advances and standards", Proc. SPIE 6542, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIII, 65423F (8 June 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.719050

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