East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company #2 Grant Award Through The

Department of Homeland Security

Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program!

 

 

East Windsor Fire Company #2 is proud to announce that our Fire Company applied for and received the award for a Bullard T3Max Thermal Imaging Camera.

 

We are very grateful to the Department of Homeland Security for sponsoring the CEDAP grant and for awarding East Windsor Fire Company #2 the opportunity to provide our Firefighters a tool to see through dense smoke and darkness potentially saving lives and reducing property damage.

 

The grant is valued at $18,500 and includes the thermal imaging camera and accessories, as well as full training.  There is no cost to East Windsor Fire Company #2 or the community!

 

 

 
 

 

In an instant, your home is filled with smoke. Your alarm sounds and you rush to leave. Within moments you become disoriented. You struggle to breathe, but are overcome by dense smoke. You collapse in the darkness -- realizing that if you are not rescued quickly, you will die. Panic strikes you before becoming unconscious -- How can they find me in this dark, thick smoke?" 

Here's why a Thermal Imaging Camera can save your life and the lives of your family, friends, neighbors, employees or business associates.  Here's how Thermal Imaging will help Firefighters do their job.

 

 

 

Search

And

 

Rescue

Smoke and darkness no longer inhibit the firefighter from seeing the thermal image of the fire and its potential victims. Search and rescue time is dramatically reduced with enhanced vision to see through dense smoke ... see body heat from victims .. see heat behind walls, floors and ceilings. Rescue workers can move swiftly in unfamiliar surroundings.

 

Actual Images Through A Thermal Imaging Camera
 

 

Locate

Hazards

 

Accurately

With a Thermal Imaging Camera, firefighters can look at the structure for the best point of entry. Ventilation is quicker and more accurate ... heat and hot gases are released when and where ventilation is needed most. Signs of potential flashover, once hidden by thick smoke are more visible. Floors that have been dangerously weakened from fire below can be avoided. The seat of the fire can be located faster, reducing unnecessary fire, water and structural damage. HAZMAT operations are enhanced ( ... able see the vapor clouds from spills).

 

 

Actual Images Through A Thermal Imaging Camera

 

 

How Does Thermal Imaging Work ?

  • All objects have a certain temperature and emit waves of thermal energy called infrared radiation. The hotter an object, the more energy waves are emitted. A thermal imaging device translates these energy waves into a view-able image to display a black and white “picture” of a scene. On the screen of a thermal imager, hottest objects show as white, coolest objects show as black, and features of other objects show as varying shades of gray. The “thermal picture” enables firefighters to see through smoke, find fires, identify victims, etc.

  • Thermal imagers cannot see through walls, glass or other solid objects, but they can detect heat that has transferred to the surface of an object. The user can observe as little as a .05 ° C difference in surface temperature. For example, from the outside of a container full of liquid, the thermal imager operator can often see a line where the liquid ends and the dead air space begins. Using this technology, firefighters can see heat signatures as small as that of footprints or handprints.