Bullard has expanded its value-added services by offering firefighters a new state-of-the-art online thermal imaging training program. The Bullard Smartline Thermal Imaging course takes you through six easy-to-manage lessons that explain thermal imaging technology and how to interpret images using a thermal imager.

This in-depth online training is the first offered by a thermal imaging manufacturer and is a free service. It covers the complete line of Bullard Thermal Imagers for the fire service including the T4, T3Max, T320/T3Max+, and T3XT. The six lessons take participants step-by-step through:

• Thermal imaging technology
• Operating a thermal imager
• Applications of a thermal imager
• Optional accessories for your thermal imager
• Care and maintenance of your thermal imager
• Self-assessment test

The training is user-friendly and comprehensive. Following each lesson is a true or false exercise that lets you know how well you are doing before taking the final assessment. After successfully passing the final assessment, a certificate of completion is awarded.

Beginning this month, Bullard will provide the training on a CD with every Bullard Thermal Imager sold. This allows customers the option of accessing the training online or through CD. The online training can be accessed by visiting www.bullard.com/trainonline.

Firefighters Lieutenant Mike Swanson, Lee Ferguson and Engineer Jason Whitehead were recently inducted into the Bullard Save-A-Life Club for rescuing a woman by using a thermal imaging camera. The firefighters from the Bedford Fire Department in Bedford, Texas are the 64th fire department in the Country to be inducted into the Save-A-Life-Club, which recognizes firefighters who use a Bullard Thermal Imager to save a life.

On the evening of October 7, the crew of Engine 151 responded to a structure fire in an apartment complex where a woman was trapped inside her bedroom. Firefighters used a Bullard T4 Thermal Imager to see through the heavy smoke and quickly identify where the woman was in the room.

“We found her immediately using the thermal imager,” said Lieutenant Mike Swanson. “The thermal imager took minutes off a normal room search. It’s a great feeling knowing you saved a life,” Swanson added. To nominate someone for the Save-A-Life Club, visit www.bullard.com.

The new digital Mobile Command Center is the latest thermal imaging product accessory from Bullard. The unit lets you set-up a command station that receives, displays, records, and plays back video transmitted from your Bullard Thermal Imager. The digital Mobile Command Center gives firefighters greater field mobility when using a thermal imager. Call your local distributor for a hands-on demonstration of the new Mobile Command Center using your Bullard Thermal Imager.

Do you have a story of a Bullard Thermal Imager making a difference in your work? If you do, we'd like to hear from you. Send your story to deborah_puracchio@bullard.com or visit our web site to submit your story online. Selected stories will be featured in an upcoming issue of this newsletter.