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Bianchi: There are so many, so many good parts about the job.

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I mean, there's just the camaraderie in the fire station.

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There's all kinds of different things that make it the best job I could think of.

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But really it's after we go on a call where we make a difference.

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McGovern: It's knowing that anything I do and everything I do on my job

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influences and impacts somebody, somewhere along the line.

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Narrator: Firefighters put themselves

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under incredible physical and mental stress to keep us safe.

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In the future, even their station gear will work to keep them safe.

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A lightweight layer will provide protection,

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while sensors will monitor their health status and location.

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This data is useful for individual firefighters monitoring their own fitness

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and it can be lifesaving in a fire,

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as it allows command to see the status of everyone on scene.

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Hagan: From the perspective of a fire ground commander,

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it's very challenging to keep track of where all of your resources are

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and what they're doing and when they're going to run out of air

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and how we can get fresh crews in to relieve them.

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Narrator: Future firefighters will have instant access

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to important information before they arrive on scene.

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Firefighter: We have fire showing on the Otis Street side.

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Hydrants on both corners are in service.

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Ladder 32 is on Summer Street, so let's go in from Otis.

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McGovern: When we get the call, you know, you're sliding the pole,

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adrenaline's going, we're going to go do something cool.

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Forristall: From the minute the call comes in,

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you're supposed to try to figure out, you know, what can I do?

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What can I do to help?

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What can I do to make it better?

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Narrator: As sensors become more common in buildings,

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commanding officers will have a better picture of the structure,

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the location of the fire, the victims and that status of all responders on scene.

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Firefighter: The building is showing some structural damage

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in stairway 2 in the Alpha Delta corner.

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Steer clear of that area.

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McGovern: There's so much going on, on the outside,

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but us as humans, we're only able to process so much.

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Forristall: You kind of get tunnel vision, so you can focus on what your job is.

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You don't want that tunnel vision to turn into something that blinds you.

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Firefighter: Engine 2, Mike's heart rate just went way up.

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Can you check on him?

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Response: Got him, Chief.

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He's fine, but we're going to pull out.

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Can you send another engine?

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Narrator: Future firefighters will have

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lighter turnout gear that protects from toxins as well as heat.

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Communications and safety devices

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will be integrated into their helmets to reduce weight.

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The helmet's face shield will have a heads-up display

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with orientation and temperature monitoring features.

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Air levels will take individual bio signals into account.

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When needed, built-in thermal imaging can be activated.

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Esposito: So in my experience as a chief, the two biggest challenges we have

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are firefighter tracking, knowing exactly where in a building

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or a structure or complex our firefighters are, and communications.

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Hagan: In communications, clear, reliable communications is a consistent challenge.

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Forristall: There's a lot of things that can go wrong

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with our radio comms and it usually has to do with traffic.

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McGovern: In the three times I keyed my radio

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to call and declare "May Day", nobody heard it.

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Narrator: Future communication devices will automatically switch

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to the best available frequency, ensuring important messages get through.

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Radio: May Day! May Day! May Day!

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Ladder 7 vet. I'm on the fifth floor.

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I'm stuck and running out of air.

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Can you get me out?

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Firefighter: Command to ladder 7 vet.

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You're primary means of egress is shut off, so I'm going to redirect you.

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I'm sending you a path now

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and I'll have rescue one meet you in the stairwell.

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Radio: Got it. On my way out now.

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Narrator: The face shield will display bread crumbs

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to help firefighters retrace their steps or find the best way out.

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Esposito: One of the concerns we still have with safety

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is the contamination level that they're,

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might be bringing back to the firehouse.

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McGovern: Buildings are constructed differently today,

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furnished far differently than they were 20, 30, 40 years ago,

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where natural fibers burn relatively cleanly.

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Now we're burning chemicals,

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we're burning all sorts of things that get absorbed into our bodies.

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Command: Anyone exiting the building, keep your gear on.

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We're picking up some low levels of radiation.

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Narrator: Future firefighters will have the tools

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to stay safe during and after the fire.

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Esposito: If we have some of these technologies in 15 years,

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it would allow us to spend more time on the overall strategy

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and the safety of the people, our firefighters and the civilians

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at the scene than we currently do.

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Bianchi: Anything that can be done to make our jobs safer

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with the ability to still do our job, I think I'd want to say do it.

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Wouldn't you want, wouldn't you want to be able to do that?

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Wouldn't you want to help out?

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Hagan: I think the technology is going to be crucial

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in the emergency services business in the future,

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because it's going to put more and more useful information at our fingertips

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in a manner in which we can digest it and use it effectively.

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