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Perhaps no subject prompts more passionate debate amongst firefighters than that of “What’s the best helmet for structural firefighting?” Or to put it another way, “What’s the helmet that REAL firefig … read more

I remember my fire and EMS department getting its first thermal imaging camera (TIC) back in the early 1990s. It was a helmet-mounted model from FLIR. It was heavy and it cost $25,000.Fast forward abo … read more

When the 2018 edition of NFPA 1971: Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting was published, one of the more noteworthy additions was the optional requi … read more

Dan T. Moore launched Team Wendy in 1997 to honor the memory of his daughter, Wendy, who suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) while snow skiing – an injury that took her life. Moore and his colleag … read more

It’s only been in the past several years that thermal imaging cameras (TIC) have moved up in the firefighting equipment hierarchy from “nice to have” to “must have” status. Two big factors in this gre … read more