Chris Mc Loone and Whelen's Derek Zaremba discuss scene and warning lighting considerations, technology, and lighting patterns.

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The future of emergency lighting is not about producing more light. It is about producing the right light—controlled, uniform, and recognizable from every angle.

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Streamlight® has upgraded its Vantage® helmet light for firefighting, enhancing performance with 225 lumens, 22,000 candela, easier battery changes, and improved ergonomics.

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Streamlight® launched the LiteBox® 1Million®, a powerful, portable search light with a 1 million candela output and over one-mile beam distance.

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A house collapsed in a fifth alarm gas fed fire in South Ozone Park, Queens, that appears to have started as a domestic dispute. The house on 130th Street exploded in a roar of flames just before 3 a.m. Thursday.

Police officers had responded to a 911 call of a domestic dispute at the home, and a suspect armed with a knife. As they arrived, they smelled gas coming from the structure and were met by a woman, who gave them the keys to her basement apartment.

The officers were attempting to enter the apartment to look for her estranged husband when the house exploded. Seven police officers and a police sergeant were injured in the blast.

The NYPD officers sustained minor burns. The most serve injury was a laceration to the head that required stitches. Police reviewed body worn cameras that showed the explosion was so severe it blew several officers off their feet and into a fence.

“They stood up, they got up, they ran into the burning home, because that’s what the job required, and that’s what they do every day. They run through danger. They do not run away from it. Cops confront these situations every day, not knowing if luck will be on their side. Thankfully, today, luck was on their side,” said Assistant Chief Christopher McIntosh, NYPD Commanding Officer Patrol Borough Queens South.

WABC-TV ABC 7 New York City

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