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[Homeland Security Science and Technology]

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[Burn Saver]

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[Mary Kate Black] I've had three incidents where my face
piece grazed once it bubbled, the incidents

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where in a control burn twice and then
an actual structural fire once.

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[William Deso] If a firefighter get into a thermal environment
that could cause damage to the

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face part of the respirator. It could cause
either crazing, which is like a

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bubbling effect that limits visibility or in extreme
cases it can actually melt.

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Burn Saver is a device that was developed to give
first responders a warning when they're in a thermal

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environment that could cause degradation to their
personal protective equipment, specifically

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the face piece. The self-contained breathing apparatus.
The Burn Saver device has five

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thermal sensors. There is a software inside the
Burn Saver that compares

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thermal profiles against possible threat levels. So basically

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a firefighter enters a thermal environment, it's comparing

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the outside temperature that the sensors record
with the internal database that's

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contained in the software. [Steve Birnbalm] Given
how conditions can sometimes change rapidly.

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Sometimes our activities take our focus away
and distract us, having something

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that can continuously pay attention to the conditions and

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alert us to any dangerous conditions that are
coming up is very important.

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[William] But Burn Saver can detect a condition that
cause problems for the integrity of the face piece.

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It can alert in three different ways. One is a
blinking or a steady blue light.

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The other is an indication through a radio channel that

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a command post. The third is an indication in
the firefighters heads up display contain

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in itself in a self-contained breathing apparatus mask.
[Lori Brill] I can see on a monitor what firefighters

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are being exposed to versus just relying on what is

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happening with the outside of the structure. [William] We
conducted a field assessment of the Burn Saver at the

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National Firefighter Academy. What we wanted to
know was if it was going to interfere with

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the normal activities that the normal activities that the
firefighter had to perform. The general impression

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by evaluators was very positive.
They made some recommendations

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to make some fine tuning and to
make the alarm more visible.

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But overall they liked the concept and they thought
it would be something very worth while

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[Lisa Pine] This technology absolutely address something
that's important to us. As our PPE improves

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and gets more and more advanced, we're able
to spend more time in hotter conditions

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and the weakest part of our ensemble is the face piece.

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So having this technology to help us prevent
that failure is very important.

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For more information: first.responder@hq.dhs.gov

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Homeland Security Science and Technology

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