In the third episode of the four-part Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) training video series, “Training To Perform Under Pressure” instructor, Mike McCarthy, instructs firefighters on how to utilize a TIC to determine if a fire is beneath you in a structure.

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 So now looking at it, what’s the hottest thing? My hand or the carpet? About equal, right? The burning floor underneath is starting to have influence. I’m gonna peel the carpet up. You can look at the carpet pad. Tell me what you see. Joists. Joists, alright. Starting to come through. You just said, I can see him on the carpet too.

So you’re seeing that latent heat transfer, right where it was more insulated versus where there was less insulation. You hear the snap, crackle pop and as Jason takes more and more laps, more and more frequently, what’s being consumed right now? My subfloor, right? My structural assembly.

Walking through it did you guys start to see the evidence on the thermal imager that there’s fire below you and again, you see that spidey sense starts tingling? Any sort of sag or drop? You gotta back out. Don’t continue on.

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