WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:13.166 [Sound of siren] 2 00:00:14.066 --> 00:00:15.633 McLafferty: My name's Robert McLafferty. 3 00:00:15.633 --> 00:00:17.633 I'm the Fire Chief here at Herman Volunteer Fire Company 4 00:00:17.633 --> 00:00:19.733 and we're very excited to have the opportunity 5 00:00:19.733 --> 00:00:24.199 to evaluate what could be a lifesaving tool. 6 00:00:24.199 --> 00:00:28.500 A tool that is going to enable firefighters to locate one another. 7 00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:31.866 Barry: With the firefighter location device, 8 00:00:31.866 --> 00:00:34.366 it gives us the opportunity to know where 9 00:00:34.366 --> 00:00:39.366 our firefighters are within a structure, to within the foot. 10 00:00:39.366 --> 00:00:42.200 Lee: This range device is basically, 11 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.399 will be limited to the use in a small town. 12 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:48.866 Basically a two-story wood residential constructions 13 00:00:48.866 --> 00:00:52.700 and maybe the two, three, you know, floored buildings. 14 00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:56.066 Schuler: We had device downstairs in our hall 15 00:00:56.066 --> 00:00:58.500 and then some people upstairs had to walk down 16 00:00:58.500 --> 00:01:00.866 and find where the device was, 17 00:01:00.866 --> 00:01:02.299 searching throughout the building, 18 00:01:02.299 --> 00:01:04.799 see when you get closer or assume you walk away, 19 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:07.933 the feet, how many feet you are as it gets farther away. 20 00:01:07.933 --> 00:01:10.566 When you get closer to help find, locate the device. 21 00:01:10.566 --> 00:01:14.599 Osche: But at first I was a little skeptical that it might not work real well. 22 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:18.433 I did test it downstairs and it did seem to work. 23 00:01:18.433 --> 00:01:23.000 It took me about thirty seconds to hone in on the other device. 24 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.933 I think it could be a good use in the firefighting services. 25 00:01:27.933 --> 00:01:31.000 McLafferty: The device has some great tools to it. 26 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:32.966 The elevation differences. 27 00:01:32.966 --> 00:01:36.000 It tells us how, what your proximity is to that firefighter 28 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.666 and it also tells us how long that firefighter has not been moving. 29 00:01:38.666 --> 00:01:41.066 Lee: They want to have to get a FCC certification 30 00:01:41.066 --> 00:01:43.433 and they want to produce the hundred units. 31 00:01:43.433 --> 00:01:46.099 So this will be the production-ready hundred units 32 00:01:46.099 --> 00:01:48.433 that they want to be delivering to S&T. 33 00:01:48.433 --> 00:01:51.000 I would think that probably within six months, 34 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:54.133 company will, you know, sell it in a commercial market.