I recently had a conversation with a fire chief about how his department defines using a thermal imaging camera (TIC). This chief is very fortunate that his department owns a TIC for every firefighter. To ensure that his firefighters would never be without a TIC on a fire call, he added the use of a TIC to his department's standard operating procedures (SOPs). The SOP requires that his firefighters grab their TIC when they exit the apparatus. This conversation made me think about the importance of including the use of a TIC in your departments SOPs. The TIC is an often-overlooked tool when documenting procedures for firefighters to follow.
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