Manfred Kihn
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Manfred Kihn is a 19-year veteran of the fire service. He has served as a firefighter, captain and fire chief, as well as an ambulance officer. As the Bullard’s fire training specialist for thermal imaging technology, Manfred has been a member of Bullard’s Emergency Responder team since 2005. Manfred is certified through the Law Enforcement Thermographers’ Association as a thermal imaging instructor and he is a recipient of the Ontario Medal for Firefighters Bravery.

Closed shower curtain – which we cannot see through. Perhaps a victim seeking shelter until rescued is huddled down behind.
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Where can’t I use a thermal imager?

I love asking firefighters if they use their thermal imagers on every call that they go on and see their reactions!  I had an opportunity to meet with a Deputy Chief, Chief Training Officer and a Training Officer one day.…

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Search techniques using thermal imaging

In the Fire Service when the words Search and Rescue (S&R) are talked about it generally means a couple of different applications from searching inside a structure for a victim or multiple victims to outside searching for a lost person.…

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Thermal Imaging – why is today’s technology better?
When Infrared Technology (Thermal Imaging) was first introduced into the Fire Services in the late 90s, the few manufactures that jumped on board did not have the vision then as to what the technology would be like today. The demand…