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16 Katrin Lauterbach ch © Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA Clear view for people saving lives.
Things are on fire, smoke everywhere, maybe there are people missing – every second counts in a situation like this. In a fire, rescue personnel have to be able to orient themselves quickly, and rely on their equipment 100 percent. Technical systems that are increasingly essential in any rescue situation must also be very easy and intuitive to operate. Measurement results are read off in seconds, interpreted, and used to make life-and-death decisions. With the new UCF thermal imaging camera, the Lübeck company Dräger has brought a successful product to market that is now in use by firefighters around the world. The heart of the camera, the infrared module, is made by Jenoptik. Dräger and Jenoptik worked together on these thermal imaging cameras, designed especially for rescue personnel. In fire, smoke, and darkness, infrared images provide vital information – both to allow rescue personnel to get around and also to help find people and hot spots. “When there’s smoke, firefighters cannot see, so normally they feel their way forward. That takes time, and it’s difficult and dangerous,” says Dr. Bernd Spellenberg, portfolio manager for thermal imaging cameras at Dräger. “With infrared images, firefighters can see,” he says, highlighting the primary application of thermal imaging cameras. Smoke particles, says the Dräger specialist, are small in comparison to the wavelength of thermal light, so the camera more or less sees right through the smoke. “That allows personnel to orient themselves and to see quickly if, for example, people are still in the building,” says Dr. Spellenberg. For the specific tasks that firefighters face, Dräger UCF cameras are ideal. They can be operated with one hand, they are light and nearly indestructible, they provide clear images by adapting automatically to varying light levels, and they have a built-in laser pointer. The pointer can be used to show others hot spots that can then be extinguished specifically. Dräger offers the UCF camera family in different equipment variants, for example also including a recording function or suitability for potentially explosive atmospheres. One great plus of these cameras, however, is their simple and intuitive operation. This permits the safe and reliable use of the camera – and more importantly, its full functionality – under even the most difficult of conditions. 17 © Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
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