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SECTION 1 – Technology and Applications
Fire-ground Solution
Cobham Surveillance have partnered with the Avon Fire & Rescue
Service and Stryker Communications Ltd to design and develop a new critical technology
solution for improved incident management of fires.
The Fire-Ground Solution provides vital situational awareness information for command
personnel, reducing the need for firefighters to describe the scene and significantly improving
health and safety. Utilising Cobham’s latest digital ‘non-line of sight’ (NLOS) video transmission
technology, the system typically comprises four rapidly deployable video cameras with self-
contained power supplies, and can be attached to standard street furniture or mounted on
top of an elevated fire platform.
A command vehicle controls camera functions via a Cobham digital telemetry system, whilst
making available four camera feeds to the on-scene commander and also distribute these
via a satellite up-link to the Fire Service Headquarters. In addition the system can work with a
combination of rapid deployed PTZ and mobile body worn cameras.
Features:
Colour, low light and thermal camera •
compatibility
Improved health and safety•
More detailed post-incident analysis•
Range 2-5km (dependent on •
environment and antenna height)
Quad receiver with 4 PTZ cameras•
Robust and waterproof construction•
Cobham Surveillance’s unique ultra •
narrowband system enabling operation
inside licence-exempt frequencies.
Rapidly deployable
video camera
Satellite link
Fire service
headquarters
Post mounted
Stryker Camera
Post mounted
Stryker Camera
Tripod mounted
Stryker Camera
Post mounted
Stryker Camera
2-5km NLOS
Command and
Conference vehicle
In some fire-ground scenarios, assessing
the incident is further complicated by
the fact that the fire is underground, in a
basement or a tunnel. Because this makes
the operation more dangerous, it is even
more vital to be able to see live images from
a thermal camera within the hazard zone.
On-scene commanders need to be able
to receive clear, stable audio and video
from a body worn transmitter up to three
floors below ground, beaming back to a
nearby command location. Each transmitter
transmits one video channel, two audio
channels and one data channel.
Cobham Surveillance’s implementation of
the COFDM standard is highly resistant to
interference and reflection and uses a very
narrow bandwidth (1.25MHz) to transmit
the images. The narrower the bandwidth,
the greater the transmission range and
penetration ability to reach surface receivers
from underground locations.
The system can work with a combination
of rapid deployed PTZ, thermal and
mobile body worn cameras, feeding back
via a Cobham digital telemetry system.
All camera feeds go to the same bank of
displays/recorders in the command vehicle
where they are available to the on-scene
commander and can be distributed via
a satellite up-link to the fire services
headquarters.
The Underground Fire Solution has been
tested by Avon Fire and Rescue within the
UK’s longest underground rail tunnel.
Video was successfully transmitted from
outside the River Severn tunnel entrance
in Wales to a receiver located outside the
entrance on the England side - a non-line of
sight distance of 7km, through a tunnel with
many curves and differences in elevation.
In a typical fire service operation, the video
transmitter would be located within the
tunnel, at the incident, and would transmit to
a command vehicle located outside.
Local command
Thermal imager
transmitter
Wireless
repeater
500m NLOS
500m NLOS
Underground Fire
Fire-ground
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