KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S ERIN
HASSANZADEH REPORTS.
>> WHEN YOU WALK IN, THAT SMOKE
, IT OBSCURES EVERYTHING SO
YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY LEFT IN THE
DARKNESS.
REPORTER: THERMAL IMAGING.
>> IF ITS HOT IT'S GOING TO SHOW
UP AS RED BRIGHT RED.
REPORTER: A LIFE-SAVING
TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS
FIREFIGHTERS FIND PEOPLE IN A
BURNING BUILDING.
>> YOUR VICTIM OR YOUR DOWNED
FIREFIGHTER IS GOING TO APPEAR
LIKE THAT IMAGE.
REPORTER: BUT THE ASHLAND FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS TAKING IT A STEP
FURTHER, ADDING A NEW JAMES BOND
LIKE GADGET, TO THEIR ARSENAL
>> THIS NEW THERMAL IMAGING
CAMERA IS VERY SMALL,
LIGHTWEIGHT, IT ATTACHES RIGHT
TO THE FACE PIECE AND IT
PROVIDES A HEADS UP DISPLAY TO
USER BY THIS INSIDE SCREEN.
REPORTER: SO NOW INSTEAD OF
HAVING ABOUT TWENTY POUND
THERMAL IMAGERS FIREFIGHTERS
HAVE MASKS THAT WEIGH LESS THAN
A POUND WITH THE SAME
TECHNOLOGY.
>> WE ARE THE FIRST.
REPORTER: ASHLAND THE FIRST
DEPARTMENT IN THE METRO THAT HAS
THEM.
THE NEW MASKS COST 1800 A POP,
PAID FOR BY COMMUNITY DONATIONS.
>> ANYTHING THAT MAKES OUR JOB
EASIER AND SAFER WE'RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN GET
OUR HANDS ON STUFF LIKE THAT.
REPORTER: AND WHEN THEY LOOK
INTO THESE MASKS, THEY SEE THIS.
>> IT'S SHOWING TARGET
TEMPERATURE SO UP THERE IT'S 300
DEGREES.
REPORTER: IT HELPS FIREFIGHTERS
FIND THINGS LIKE HIDDEN FIRES,
HOLES IN THE FLOOR AND BURNED
OUT STAIRWAYS.
THE MASKS ALSO FREE UP AN EXTRA
HAND, SOMETHING CRITICAL FOR A
VOLUNTEER FORCE LIKE ASHLAND'S
>> YOU'RE USUALLY JUST WALKING
IN THE DARK WHEREAS THESE ALLOW
YOU THAT HEADS UP DISPLAY ITS
NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE.
REPORTER: REPORTING IN ASHLAND,
ERIN HASSANZADEH KETV NEWSTWATCH
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