Stripelight
Stripelight manufactures intrinsic safe, high quality, portable lighting products to support the DOD and multiple industries including fire and rescue, petrochemical, aviation, security, mining, and more. The company’s laser and LED flashlight, the Stripelight FRT (Fire, Rescue, Tactical), is designed for greater situational awareness and improved navigation in turbid environments such as smoke, fog, and dust. Developed through years of collaboration with government organizations and firefighters, the Stripelight FRT flashlight has been successfully field-tested around the globe, including three years of live operations and training in burn houses in Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Europe, in the Singapore and Netherlands Navies, and in a German nuclear power plant. For the DOD, the Stripelight FRT flashlight can be used to support firefighting (shipboard, shore, and aviation), damage control, crash and salvage, military tactical operations, and more.
Stripelight Blue Laser Flashlight for 1st Responders, Firefighters, and Shipboard Damage Control
Problem:
- Smoke-filled locations cause blinding fog light using standard flashlight.
- Single white beam flashlight provides little for navigation, situation awareness and difficult to inspect crowded areas.
- No solution to view smoke flow and/or trace source.
- No solution for a non-white light on ship deck for view or situation awareness.
- Cumbersome protective clothing difficult to use with buttons on equipment.
- No long storage battery solution for flashlight.
- Standard flashlight battery replacement costs over lifetime of flashlight are expensive.
Technology Solution:
The Stripelight FRT flashlight provides two light sources: (1) An LED optimally designed for firefighters with a high-performance custom optic for smoke cutting and temperature to read smoke color for insight into the progression of fire, and (2) A unique patented blue laser technology horizontal laser ‘stripe’ to for improved situational awareness, smoke flow detection, coordination, and navigation. The laser provides view airflow, smoke layer thickness, assistance in reading fire progression, and quick scan capability for room dimensions and other firefighters.
Benefits:
- Provide additional functionality for situational awareness and hints to navigation in unlit areas.
- Blue light eliminates need for eyes to acclimate darkness and address shipboard requirements.
- Coordination of multiple firefighters in single quick scan.
- 9 hours operation blue light, 5.5 hours white light on single charge. Long term battery storage up to 1 yr.
- Wireless induction charging avoids effects of accumulated dirt or vibration.
- Improved ergonomic for cumbersome protective clothing.
- Lifetime cost savings over battery replacement flashlights approximately $4,800 per flashlight.
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