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Fire-Fighting Tracked Robot Thermite 31019

Thermite is one of the world’s first fire fighting robots designed to remove the human element from hazardous fire fighting situations. From BLEVES to chemical fires to fuel farm fires, Thermite is leading the way and defining the future of firefighting. At $96K, Thermite offers not only life saving capability but also the capability to reduce the insurance cost of fighting fires by lowering work related injurys and/or deaths.

Howe and Howe Technologies of Waterboro, Maine, has unveiled the firefighter of tomorrow called the Thermite RS1-T2. Based on technology developed for the U.S. Army, this squat little modular robot on tank treads is a small, powerful fire fighting machine that provides crews with a means for remote reconnaissance and fighting fires in hazardous areas safely.

The Thermite is designed to be used in areas of extreme hazard, such as aircraft fires, refineries, chemical plants or nuclear reactors. In fact, brothers Mike and Geoff Howe, who founded Howe and Howe, used the Fukushima nuclear disaster as an example of the kind of location where the Thermite is intended to be used. Not only is it preferable to risk a robot instead of a person, the Thermite is also immune to smoke, fumes and fatigue – the last of which is a major cause of death in firefighters by heart attack.

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