CAMERA SPEEDS RESCUE IN FIRE.Byline: Daily News An elderly, bedridden bed·rid·den or bed·rid adj. Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity. woman was critically burned during a fire at her home Tuesday, but firefighters were able to rescue her more quickly thanks to a special imaging camera, fire officials said. The woman, who was not immediately identified, was in extremely critical condition at the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks Hopital (SOH) is an 153 bed acute care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, USA and is home of world renowned the Grossman Burn Center. SOH is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. , said Bob Collis, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . She had burns on 50 percent of her arms and legs, Collis said. Firefighters who responded to the 4:37 p.m. blaze used newly issued equipment called Nite Sight, a thermal infrared An invisible band of radiation at the lower end of the visible light spectrum. With wavelengths from 750 nm to 1 mm, infrared starts at the end of the microwave spectrum and ends at the beginning of visible light. imaging camera, to detect the woman, who was trapped in a back bedroom of her home in the 8500 block of Stansbury Avenue, said fire Capt. Steve Ruda. ``Usually, they don't find these people until the fire's out,'' Collis said. |
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