The equipment the airlines were using in both crashes-Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302-was a 737 MAX 8. В©2021 San Francisco Chronicle, Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Following two disastrous aviation accidents involving the same type of aircraft, the FAA on Wednesday issued an Emergency Order of Prohibition that grounded the Boeing 737 MAX planes. 'It's an amazing tool and is especially beneficial in wildland fires. 'I can see every San Mateo County fire unit, even if it's on the other side of the fire,' Martin said. When multiple agencies battle a fire - as is the case with all of California's large wildfires - Tablet Command lets him monitor where other companies are deploying equipment (if they are also using the software). 'I can give people assignments based on the incident command tracking system, as well as marking things like a dangerous tree or split in a dirt road and making notes about them,' he said. Jason Martin, battalion chief for the Menlo Park Fire Department, who had recently returned from fighting the Caldor Fire, said Tablet Command has proved invaluable. 'If the battalion chief hadn't been able to recognize where they were and talk them to their safety zone, there could have been a huge difference in the outcome - possibly four funerals.' He said, 'Continue on down 1.5 miles down Keswick Dam Road, and you will make it to a parking lot where you will be safe.' They made it down to the safety zone, a parking lot by a dam, and hiked down to the water. 'He opened up Tablet Command and was able to see their location on a map - and could see there was a safety zone ahead of them. 'The battalion chief got a lump in his stomach,' Pigeon said. As the sky went to almost complete black and visibility dropped, they radioed their battalion chief, saying they didn't know how they'd get out.ДЄs some of the Marin firefighters tell it on an online video, 'We were in an area that was non-survivable.' The 2018 Carr Fire near Redding spawned its own fire tornado - a terrifying and rare phenomenon in which a vortex of rising and spinning hot gases, smoke and flame reached some 17,000 feet above Earth, traveling at an estimated speed of about 143 mph.ДЄs Pigeon tells it, a Marin County fire engine got separated from a multi-unit strike team, turned around and went down the wrong road just as the tornado started to kick in. 'It enhances our safety: like going into battle and knowing how the enemy is dressed, how they're armed and positioned ahead of time before engaging.' 'It gets us out the door faster, giving the firefighters a heads up to what we're going to, giving a visual overview of what that property or area looks like,' Bozzo said. Experts say 'situational awareness' - understanding what's going on around you - is a key weapon for firefighters. Wildfires have changed in recent years, becoming intense, long-lasting and far-reaching conflagrations fueled by extreme drought and climate change, but often the tools to fight them are often decades old. Their extensive on-the-ground experience means they grok 'real-world problems fire captains encounter on a day-to-day basis,' Pigeon said. Phone licenses are about $10 per user.Д«ozzo is still an active-duty firefighter while Pigeon recently retired to devote himself to the company. Pricing comes to about $500 a year per iPad, so a small department might pay about $6,000 a year, while a large agency could have a six-figure annual subscription. The sofware also runs on a web browser and phones. CalFire units in San Diego County and San Bernardino County deploy it as well.Д¬ustomers generally have an iPad mounted in their fire engine's shotgun seat where the captain sits, as well as an iPad for battalion chiefs and other leaders. and Canada use it, including multiple agencies in the counties of San Francisco, Marin, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Sonoma, the company said. More than 125 fire departments across the U.S. It has annual sales of $1.6 million, projected to grow 60% annually. To date, Tablet Command has raised $2.1 million, modest by Silicon Valley standards. He reached out to his friend and fellow firefighter Pigeon, who has a computer programming background, and the two launched the company Tablet Command, based in San Rafael. The idea came to Bozzo in 2009 while he was playing 'Words With Friends' on an iPhone 2 and realized that similar technology could track fire engines' locations. You can see vital information to take action and make decisions.' Tablet Command helps 'to clear the fog and have a clear view of what you're approaching. 'When all hell is breaking loose, that creates a communication fog and visualization fog,' Bozzo said.

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