With training, many years of practice and maybe just a little bit of crazy, generations of wildland firefighters have approached fires that are measured in acres or thousands of acres and thought, ...

Thermal imagers (TIs) are excellent tools for firefighting. Since they enable firefighters to see through smoke, TIs have become required tools on a number of fire companies. Aggressive companies use ...

When I am conducting training, I always ask if the firefighters use their thermal imagers (TIs) on every call that they go on, and I am amazed at the responses I receive. Some will right off the bat ...

Each month, I try to emphasize how a thermal imager (TI) can make a firefighter’s job easier and safer. This month, I want to talk about how firefighters can use their TIs in a safe manner.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -When fire crews respond to a scene, every second can make a difference. To help sharpen their skills, crews with the Grand Junction Fire Department did specialized ...

CADDO PARISH, La. (KSLA) - Caddo Fire District 4 held some critical training for its firefighters starting Wednesday, April 16. The two-day training event gave media the opportunity to get an up-close ...

Growing plants indoors is not new, nor difficult. By bringing the soil inside (in a planter), regularly watering the plant, and allowing natural sunlight into the room, you can grow almost anything ...

FLIR's "Renegade” mobile unit is a thermal imaging command center on wheels that travels around the country giving demonstrations of the various thermal imaging cameras FLIR manufactures. One of those ...