Why do so many TIC's have varying color palettes and application modes?

Have you ever looked at a TIC and wondered:
"Why do they have all these extra features?"
"What are all of these extra color palettes for?"
"O, look, Search & Rescue Mode! I'll use that next time we search for a victim in a fire!"

Wrong...

In many cases, there are numerous fire service TIC's that offer extra application based modes. In theory this sounds good until we delve deeper into their actual purpose.

For example, there are several manufacturers that have a "Search & Rescue or Persons Mode." The majority of firefighters would be inclined to use this during a primary search. This is actually incorrect as two manufacturers that offer this application based mode state that this mode is designed for searching for persons outside of a fire such as a lost person, a victim ejected from an MVA, etc.

In addition to this, this mode is a single gain mode. What does that mean? The majority of fire service TIC's are at a minimum of dual gain (temperature modes: High & Low Sensitivity) In this case this mode is only High Sensitivity which is zero-300 degrees. When a firefighter encounters over 300 degrees the screen will saturate and all see is red.
In this short video we explain why this isn't the best idea for fire attack nor using various color palettes that are not designed for fire attack.
Please let us know if you have any questions

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