Photo by MANDI BATEMAN
A person standing on the dock in the dark shows up as white due to the their body heat, which registers on the thermal camera now installed on Boundary County Sheriff’s Marine Program boat.
April 12, 2018
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April 12, 2018 1 a.m.
Thermal camera shines new light on rescues
BONNERS FERRY — Locating a missing person on the Kootenai River at night could be like finding a needle in a haystack at best, and nearly impossible in the worst of conditions, like a rainy or foggy night. This, coupled with the time sensitivity of such a rescue, where a person’s life could depend on minutes, rather than hours, prompted a significant upgrade in the equipment used by the Boundary County Sheriff’s Marine Program.