| Abstract | This project, funded by the National Research Council (NRC) Working and Travelling on Aircraft (WTA) program, included a series of tests focussed on the safety problem of detecting and locating hidden fires on commercial aircraft. Current training instructs aircraft cabin crews to attempt to find the location of hidden fires, say behind a fuselage liner or in an overhead bin, by using the back of their hand to feel for a hot spot. This process is likely problematic being inaccurate and slow during a fire event when rapid, accurate response is required and limited quantities of firefighting agent are available. The project objective was to demonstrate the use of low cost, hand-held thermal cameras for this hidden fire detection task, which could increase overall safety by allowing cabin crews to quickly locate hidden fires with higher levels of accuracy. |
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