Introduction to TIC
This course is a 3-4 hour program, we will break down the different statistics behind the fire service thermal imaging camera. In this workshop we will show students the limitations of the thermal imaging camera (TIC) and discus tactics on how to efficiently use TIC’s on the fire ground. This class is lecture with small drills and exercises with your departments TIC’s to help explain the theory and limitations discussed through the program.
Course Content:
- The Need for Fire Service Thermal Imagers
- Field of View
- Understanding Temperature Modes
- Colour pallets
- TIC resolutions and what that means for your search
- Refresh Rates
- Distance to Spot Ratio
- Emissivity
- Thermal Sensitivity
- Tips and tricks for TIC’s
Prepare4 will use your department’s TICs and can easily schedule this class for what ever best suits the student’s schedules. By the end of this course the students will have a greater understanding of thermal imaging cameras on their apparatus and will be able to better read the fire scene for good decision making.
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