This essay discusses the use of thermal technology as illustrated in thermal imaging and infrared detection to help firefighters be more productive when facing their daily battles. This essay begins by defining thermal imaging and its uses and then narrows into specific uses that can be made of this technology in order to fight fires. The discovery, in the end, is that it not only helps to map the layout of any particular fire and regions to which it may spread or hide, but its most important function is locating and saving human life.