Clear
74.5 ° F
Full Weather
Sponsored By:

High-Tech Camera Gifted to Tuolumne FD

Sponsored by:

The Tuolumne City Fire Station yesterday received a high-tech gift that has the potential to save lives.

A new handheld Thermal Imaging Camera will help Tuolumne City firefighters quickly locate fires inside burning buildings, and can also help find survivors in smoke-filled rooms.

Patrick Walsh is the President of the non-profit Firefighters Save-A-Life Fund.

He says they´ve distributed over a dozen of the specialized, 9000-dollar infrared cameras so far.

“We´ve got something like 60-thousand dollars in grants that we´re hoping to get for Christmas. We were able to give out two cameras to the fire departments last Christmas, so it was a heck of a Christmas present for them,” Walsh said.

And Walsh believes in the Thermal Imaging Cameras as a proven way to save lives.

“It´s too cheap to lose a life over, $8500. It´s the kids, the firefighters, the people thrown out of a vehicle. It can spot a person out laying in a field,” Walsh demonstrated.

Donations from the Black Oak Casino, Jamestown Harley Davidson and the J.M. Long Foundation all helped to purchase the cameras.

A presentation and demonstration were held at the Tuolumne City Fire Station Monday afternoon.

where to buy viagra buy generic 100mg viagra online

Use the myMotherLode.com Keyword Search to go straight to a specific page

Popular Pages

  • Local News
  • Fire Info
  • Weather
  • Dining Guide
  • Classifieds
  • Events
  • Movies
  • Tourism
  • Polls
  • Traffic
  • Media
  • Real Estate
where to buy viagra buy generic 100mg viagra online

Use the myMotherLode.com Keyword Search to go straight to a specific page

Popular Pages

  • Local News
  • Fire Info
  • Weather
  • Dining Guide
  • Classifieds
  • Events
  • Movies
  • Tourism
  • Polls
  • Traffic
  • Media
  • Real Estate
Feedback