News and Events

FTS launches AirTalk, our next-generation radio voice transmitter technology

5/1/12

FTS hires new senior engineering manager and promotes 2 other managers

2/6/12

FTS is pleased to welcome Keith Campden to the position of Director of Engineering.

Mr. Campden brings considerable valuable expertise to FTS’ management team, with over 30 years of engineering experience and over 15 years of senior engineering management experience. Prior to his recent move to FTS, Mr. Campden was employed with global commercial sonar specialists Kongsberg Mesotech at their facility in Port Coquitlam. Mr. Campden also brings considerable expertise in wireless communications and high-tech products as the former Director of Product Development at Sierra Wireless and VP of Wireless Products at Cypress Solutions inc. of Burnaby, BC. Campden has long had an interest in environmental monitoring, partly born through his long-time involvement with BC Search and Rescue.

Coinciding with Mr. Campden’s recruitment, Philip Bartlett, who joined FTS in 1994, has been appointed to the position of Chief Technology Officer. As FTS’ first Chief Technology Officer, Bartlett will spearhead various research and development projects aimed at bringing further innovations to the growing FTS product line. Bartlett’s major accomplishments include the development of FTS’ market-leading satellite transmitter and the innovative touch-screen technology introduced to the Axiom datalogger weather monitoring systems.

Finally, Chris Barteaux has been appointed to the position of Director of Sales where he will oversee FTS’ established and dominant fire weather division and the smaller but rapidly growing hydrology and meteorology divisions. Barteaux joined FTS ten years ago as a member of the sales team, cultivating a strong connection to the wild land re community and eventually leading the re weather division of the company.

Documentary: A Prescription for Success

11/16/11

Earlier this year we were fortunate to spend time with the US Forest Service in Northern Florida to document the value of prescribed burning and the importance of the QD3 portable RAWS to the safety of their burning operations. Check it out in the Video Library.

FTS Monitor - Summer 2011 Newsletter available

6/29/11

The summer 2011 edition of our periodic newsletter "the FTS Monitor" is available for your reading pleasure. In this issue:

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  FTS "SDI-enables" the R.M.Young wind monitor
• NIFC purchases 50 FTS QD3 Quick Deploy portable RAWS
• FTS QD: set-up in 15 minutes flat
• The many (new) capabilities of your (existing) fire weather network
• FTS in the field: prescribed burning in the Florida Panhandle
• What can our service team do for you?
• The F6 upgrade, with Flint Cheney
• Welcome to ftsfireweather.com
• Design your own FTS products

FTS New Product Development Survey

6/23/11

Throughout our 30 year history, FTS has actively sought feedback from our customers for the design and development of new products and the refinement of existing products. While our sales and service staff bring in a lot of feedback from the field, we'd like to accelerate the pace as we ramp up development on a whole slew of exciting new product developments we're planning in the next few years.

So now's your chance to help guide development on the products you want. If you would be willing to take our short New Product Development Survey, we would really appreciate it. In fact, if you can find 10 minutes to fill it out before July 8, 2011, we will send you one of our brand new FTS baseball caps! You get to design your own products and you get some premium FTS wear. Unbelievable!

FTS Fire Weather video

6/23/11

For a good introduction to FTS and what we do, check out our Corporate Profile video (5:30) in the Video Library.

FTS Launches new FW website

6/23/11

We are pleased to present the new FTS Fire Weather website. We've endeavored to add more content and make it easy to find what you're looking for, and as always, we'd love to hear what you think.