As wildfires continue to burn in Australia, there is a Baltimore-based company whose technology is being used not only to help battle those fires, but to save lives as well.The video, made public by new South Wales Fire and Rescue is startling, as a crew of firefighters are trapped as they battled the Australia bush fires.Capt. Kayle Barton, of the New South Wales Fire and Rescue, was in charge.”Conditions worsen. The fire front it was here came through, southernly in a matter of less than 30 seconds,” Barton said. “When things get really big, this thing shines,” said Alex Menkes, CEO of Adashi Systems. Adashi Systems is located in the emerging technology centers in southeast Baltimore.||Watch: Video of equipment in use||The company builds software platforms and technology for fire, EMS and police, and it’s their tablets that were used to help the firefighters get to safety.”They could have fires popping up all over the place and they use our software to make sure that the resources that are in the field are being used properly that they know where everybody else is,” Menkes said.Each truck runs its own software as it coordinates all of the crews involved and gets them all on the same page.In this case, helping crews rescue the trapped firefighters.What is interesting is this technology is not only being used around the world, but also right here in Baltimore City and other Maryland counties. In this situation, all of the firefighters survived. They only lost two pieces of equipment.”You make money doing this but — but there’s an immense amount of gratification and reward from how it’s used,” Menkes said.
As wildfires continue to burn in Australia, there is a Baltimore-based company whose technology is being used not only to help battle those fires, but to save lives as well.
The video, made public by new South Wales Fire and Rescue is startling, as a crew of firefighters are trapped as they battled the Australia bush fires.
Capt. Kayle Barton, of the New South Wales Fire and Rescue, was in charge.
“Conditions worsen. The fire front it was here came through, southernly in a matter of less than 30 seconds,” Barton said.
“When things get really big, this thing shines,” said Alex Menkes, CEO of Adashi Systems.
Adashi Systems is located in the emerging technology centers in southeast Baltimore.
||Watch: Video of equipment in use||
The company builds software platforms and technology for fire, EMS and police, and it’s their tablets that were used to help the firefighters get to safety.
“They could have fires popping up all over the place and they use our software to make sure that the resources that are in the field are being used properly that they know where everybody else is,” Menkes said.
Each truck runs its own software as it coordinates all of the crews involved and gets them all on the same page.
In this case, helping crews rescue the trapped firefighters.
What is interesting is this technology is not only being used around the world, but also right here in Baltimore City and other Maryland counties.
In this situation, all of the firefighters survived. They only lost two pieces of equipment.
“You make money doing this but — but there’s an immense amount of gratification and reward from how it’s used,” Menkes said.
