New IRDE helmet will help firefighters see in the dark

[TimeToScoot]

Here's a helmet which the firefighters will certainly need at times of crises. It's a helmet which will enable the user to see through thick smoke by means of a thermal camera - something that will make a firefighter's task much easier.

The helmet has been developed by Dehradun-based Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE), a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

The helmet weighs 2.2kg and it provides the user the thermal imagery by means of a camera fitted on the front. The helmet was developed on the request of Indian Navy.

Other than helping the firefighters, this helmet can be useful in medical tests like tracking breast cancer, or for tracking water leakage in a building. The thermal camera, when used for medical tests, shows the cancer-affected area of the body in dark colour.

IRDE joint director Jai Prakash Singh said, "It provides vision to firefighters through dense smoke and the hands-free approach makes it effective during fire-fighting as well as search and rescue operations. It can be used for medical test like breast cancer and also for finding leakage in the water supply pipe."

The helmet has an advanced uncooled thermal imager, an OLED display with mechanical adjustable arm and a rechargeable battery pack. The rechargeable battery provides back-up for two hours.

The trial run of the helmet has been completed at the Nuclear Biological Chemical and Damage Control School (INS Shivaji, Lonavala), and on board ships and submarines at the Western Naval Command.

By using the IRDE technology, a Hyderabad-based firm has supplied 20 such helmets to the National Disaster Response Force. The helmet was displayed at the annual exhibition of the IRDE in Dehradun on Monday. The helmet has been developed by a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

New IRDE helmet will help firefighters see in the dark : Good News, News - India Today

 

[Abingdonboy]

Here's a helmet which the firefighters will certainly need at times of crises. It's a helmet which will enable the user to see through thick smoke by means of a thermal camera - something that will make a firefighter's task much easier.

The helmet has been developed by Dehradun-based Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE), a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

The helmet weighs 2.2kg and it provides the user the thermal imagery by means of a camera fitted on the front. The helmet was developed on the request of Indian Navy.

Other than helping the firefighters, this helmet can be useful in medical tests like tracking breast cancer, or for tracking water leakage in a building. The thermal camera, when used for medical tests, shows the cancer-affected area of the body in dark colour.

IRDE joint director Jai Prakash Singh said, "It provides vision to firefighters through dense smoke and the hands-free approach makes it effective during fire-fighting as well as search and rescue operations. It can be used for medical test like breast cancer and also for finding leakage in the water supply pipe."

The helmet has an advanced uncooled thermal imager, an OLED display with mechanical adjustable arm and a rechargeable battery pack. The rechargeable battery provides back-up for two hours.

The trial run of the helmet has been completed at the Nuclear Biological Chemical and Damage Control School (INS Shivaji, Lonavala), and on board ships and submarines at the Western Naval Command.

By using the IRDE technology, a Hyderabad-based firm has supplied 20 such helmets to the National Disaster Response Force. The helmet was displayed at the annual exhibition of the IRDE in Dehradun on Monday. The helmet has been developed by a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

New IRDE helmet will help firefighters see in the dark : Good News, News - India Today

Any pics?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Any pics?

These are designs from them, dont know which won out.

 

[Abingdonboy]

These are designs from them, dont know which won out.

I hope these are put to god use and I'm sure if they prove effective will be refined and improved.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

I hope these are put to god use and I'm sure if they prove effective will be refined and improved.

 

[desimorty]

wait, fires give off light?

 

[Manindra]

wait, fires give off light?

This are in smoke filled area which are very dense after taking fire under control but one thing I don't understand that they are using thermal camera how can they able to see when fire are have pretty much high temperature.

 

[kṣamā]

This are in smoke filled area which are very dense after taking fire under control but one thing I don't understand that they are using thermal camera how can they able to see when fire are have pretty much high temperature.

Thermal cameras or IR Sensors can be programmed to analyse wide spectrum or a very narrow spectrum. A house fire will have temperatures from 400 deg C to 1200 deg C. These thermal sensors can be very useful for finding and avoid those hot spots. Also they can be used to find people stick in dark soot filled rooms. Mostly they will be passed out due to heat or carbon monoxide during the fire .Only a quick rescue will save them.

 

[Manindra]

Thermal cameras or IR Sensors can be programmed to analyse wide spectrum or a very narrow spectrum. A house fire will have temperatures from 400 deg C to 1200 deg C. These thermal sensors can be very useful for finding and avoid those hot spots. Also they can be used to find people stick in dark soot filled rooms. Mostly they will be passed out due to heat or carbon monoxide during the fire .Only a quick rescue will save them.

As I used theramal camera twice which I clearly states that during fire & smoke situation its very dificult to track people as temperature are very same all over place.
May be they use very high sensitive device.

 

[kṣamā]

As I used theramal camera twice which I clearly states that during fire & smoke situation its very dificult to track people as temperature are very same all over place.
May be they use very high sensitive device.

Ya these are specialized equipment for the this task alone. And yes hot IR objects do dazzle the sensor. But I think they have subdued the sensor sensitivity (not increased it) hence now it can ignore small changes and only register massive changes in temp.

 

[Echo_419]

I hope these are put to god use and I'm sure if they prove effective will be refined and improved.

Exactly looks like a school project