PRESS RELEASE - March 27, 2018 Revolutionary Firefighting Technology allows Firefighters to be over 300% more effective in saving lives in smoke filled environments

Revolutionary Firefighting Technology C-THRU Vision Enhancement for Firefighters in Air Mask Innovator Qwake Technologies Signs Partnership Agreement with the Menlo Park Fire District

Qwake Technologies, located in San Francisco, CA, has invented an Augmented Reality solution that vastly improves how firefighters can see in smoke-filled zero-visibility environments. It is a monumental leap forward in firefighting and fire safety.

The system uses augmented reality glasses and a thermal camera integrated inside the Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) mask, and a small Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) attached to the SCBA. The GPU processes the image from the thermal camera, which is then presented to the firefighter in his/her field of view through the augmented reality glasses. The image that the firefighter sees looks like a wireframe of the environment, which is much simpler for the brain to process in high-stress situations. This allows firefighters to better focus on the hazards at hand, instead of analyzing complex imagery

Please see the attached Press Release for more details! Qwake Agreement - 3-27-2018 - Press Release.pdf

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From left to right Battalion Chief Tom Calvert, Specialist Mike Ralston, Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman, Sam Cossman with Qwake Technologies and Division Chief Jim Stevens sign a partnership agreement with Qwake Technologies out of San Francisco to help develop revolutionary firefighting technology

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Menlo Park Firefighters regularly train in extreme conditions at their Live Fire Simulators located behind the PG&E Ravenswood Sub-Station located near the Dumbarton Bridge.

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