Drone equipped with a thermal camera helped fire crews to the hottest areas of a burning ship to help maintain its structural integrity, reports DroneDJ.
Maintain ship’s structural integrity
The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) used Drone with a thermal camera to direct fire crews to the hottest areas of a burning ship to help maintain its structural integrity.
The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department posted the images on its Twitter account.
Details about the incident
The M/V Hoegh Xiamen, caught fire last Thursday after the ship was loaded with cars and other machinery to be transported around the world.
All crew managed to escape without injury. However, the fire crew fighting the fires were injured by an explosion while putting the fire out, with three remaining in hospital.
For more information read our article [Watch] Cargo Ship Explosion Puts Firefighters Life at Risk
Hotspots on the exterior of the ship
The fire is said to have started on the seventh deck of the ship where cars were being stored. The firefighters acted quickly, closing the cargo doors of the ship to starve the fire of oxygen.
The firefighters then focused on cooling the exterior of the boat. They have been able to accurately focus on various hotspots on the exterior of the ship with the help of a DJI drone equipped with a thermal camera.
Exterior of the ship reached 500℉
- Shortly after the doors were closed by the firefighters, there was an explosion that injured eight of the 120 firefighters that were deployed to fight the fire.
- Firefighting tugboats along with firetrucks are pumping around 25,000 gallons of water per minute onto the exterior of the ship.
From the images posted to Twitter by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD), it is seen that the exterior of the ship reached around 500 degrees Fahrenheit where the fire was directly behind the outer wall.
Curious about the technology we are using… drones with infrared cameras, measuring the temperatures faced, directing the streams to the hottest areas to maintain ship integrity… #usingtechnology @CityofJax @FirehouseNews pic.twitter.com/SRuydlorPB
— MyJFRD (@JFRDJAX) June 5, 2020
Here are a few more images of the boat being blasted with thousands of gallons of water to cool it down and ensure the fire doesn’t reignite.
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