'Like a sci-fi movie': Ind. FD to test augmented reality helmets

'Like a sci-fi movie': Ind. FD to test augmented reality helmets

Carmel firefighters will participate in a pilot program that helps crews navigate smoke-filled buildings and livestream video to incident commanders

Augmented-reality helmets to change firefighting in Carmel

By MALEA VanOSTRAND WISH-TV | wishtv.com A Hamilton County fire department will be one of the first in the country to use augmented-reality helmets to help firefighters see through smoke. The Carmel Fire Department says it’s the only department in the Midwest that will use the technology called C-THRU from Qwake Technologies. Tim Griffin, the department’s public information officer, said, “It gives you not just possibly a body here, or a warm sp…