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THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA
A firefighter cannot see through
thick smoke to find people trapped inside a burning building. Using a thermal
imaging camera, firefighters can see through thick smoke!
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The MSA 5000 The view inside of a
burning building as seen by
thermal imaging
camera. the
camera. The whiter the area the
hotter the
Weighs less than 3
pounds.
temperature. The red area is
extremely hot.
The temperature is read at the small green dot in
the center of
the screen. In this photo the
temperature at the dot is about 160 degrees.
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Fund Raising for the Thermal Imaging
Camera
The Jackman - Moose River Volunteer
Fire Department, Inc. has started a campaign to raise $16,000 to purchase
an MSA 5000 thermal imaging camera complete with telemetry. (Telemetry
consists of a video transmitter built in to the camera that broadcasts
images to a video receiver. This
allows those outside of a burning building to watch all that the camera
sees inside the burning building.)
Being located in a remote region with no mutual aid available from
other fire departments, we need every advantage that we can get when
fighting a structure fire. A thermal imaging camera is a major advantage
that we cannot afford to be without.
As of September
30, 2003,
we had exceeded our fund raising goal!
The camera was delivered to us on
October 30th.
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