As wildfires raged in Canada, two innovative Canadian drone companies joined forces to provide responders with critical aerial data. InDro Robotics and Spexi Geospatial deployed commercial off the shelf drones weighing less than 250 grams, using the Spexigon automation platform, to provide decision makers with rapid damage assessment information and thermal imagery identifying … [Read more...] about Two Innovative Canadian Drone Companies Join Forces to Fight Kelowna Wildfires
Fire
NPS-DDP Marks 47th Drone Donation for Pennsylvania Fire Department: Paying it Forward in the Public Safety Community
NPS-DDP stands for National Public Safety Drone Donation Program. The name says it all: the organization is focused on getting drones into the hands of communities who need it most, but may not have the public funding available to build a fleet. By collecting donations from individuals, drone manufacturers and partners, and NPS-DDP President Mark Langley's drone … [Read more...] about NPS-DDP Marks 47th Drone Donation for Pennsylvania Fire Department: Paying it Forward in the Public Safety Community
Drone-in-a-Box Infrastructure for Public Safety, Drone as First Responder (VIDEO)
Skyfire and Ondas Partner to Provide U.S. Public Safety Markets with Advanced Drone Technology by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Ondas Holdings’ business unit Ondas Autonomous Systems (OAS) and public safety UAS consulting group Skyfire Consulting have announced a partnership to provide public safety and Drone First Responder (DFR) markets in the United States with … [Read more...] about Drone-in-a-Box Infrastructure for Public Safety, Drone as First Responder (VIDEO)
The Evolving Benefits of Drones in Search and Rescue: From the Floor of ElevateUAV
Mike Sember is a south Florida Firefighter. As a first responder, he knows exactly how difficult search and rescue operations can be. At the Drone Nerds ElevateUAV conference in Miami today, Mike spoke about the ways in which drone technology empowers search and rescue missions, and how the evolution of drone technology has benefited SAR operations. Sember has been a … [Read more...] about The Evolving Benefits of Drones in Search and Rescue: From the Floor of ElevateUAV
A Drone and Wearable Sensor Solution Locates Firefighters in a Burning Building: Research from George Mason University
Drones are widely recognized as an indispensible tool in firefighting. Now, researchers from George Mason University are working on a drone and wearable sensor solution that can locate each firefighter working in a burning building - and notify their team if they're in trouble. Drones equipped with thermal and RTK imaging solutions are used heavily in firefighting, … [Read more...] about A Drone and Wearable Sensor Solution Locates Firefighters in a Burning Building: Research from George Mason University
