There are always a lot of interesting technological innovations coming to the fire service, but this one seems to be in the category of industry changing. I make that statement because this innovation when it gets to market will allow commanders to actually see how there firefighters are doing, physically, while in the midst of an emergency call. The statistics are very clear year after year, we kill more firefighters due to heart attacks more than any other single cause, and it is not even close.
firefighters by nature never want to tell you that they are tired or not feeling well, so they ignore the signs and symptoms of duress until it is too late. The new technology described here will allow real-time monitoring of each individual firefighter for a wide variety of indicators. This link describes what I believe will go down as a major player in the fight against firefighter fatalities. I cannot wait for this to be commercially viable.
