Search and Rescue by drone, featuring Gene Robinson of Texas Equusearch
UAVDirect is proud to host Gene Robinson, author of “First to Deploy” and pioneer in search and rescue via drones, as our featured speaker on Saturday February 7th at 10AM. You’ve probably heard about Gene Robinson in the national media through his humanitarian efforts with Texas Equusearch. Attendees will learn from Gene about the latest UAV search and rescue techniques. We will host a classroom session followed by actual search and rescue demonstrations on our 35 acre flying field using a long range fixed wing craft and drones outfitted for aerial drops of rescue items. Coffee and donuts will be served. This event and training is 100% free with no cost or obligation, so please join us for some fun times, fellowship and productive learning.
Address: UAVDirect, 14365 W. State Highway 29, Suite 1 (East End), Liberty Hill, TX 78642
A special note– after we locate the victim in our simulation, we will use a “disaster delivery drone” to drop rescue items such as a defibrillator, cell phone and food rations.
Here’s a bio of our speaker, Gene Robinson:
Gene Robinson is the owner of both RP Flight Systems, Inc. and RP Search Services. RP Flight Systems, Inc., which was incorporated specifically to produce economically viable flight platforms to loft various sensors and imaging payloads. RP Search Services is an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) organization that provides UAS technology to assist in search and rescue/recovery (SAR) operations on a charitable basis. Gene’s formal college education is in aviation science and he is a full scale pilot. Utilizing his professional background as a computer programmer/analyst, the marriage of software, data analysis, image analysis and the use of computers for enhancing images was realized early on.
Since 2005, Gene has utilized small UAS to assist Texas EquuSearch in searches from California, to New York. visiting 29 states in the union. He also conducted UAS operations in Jamaica, Mexico, and Africa and has assisted SAR teams in recovering victims lost for lengthy periods. The use of UAS technology has been credited with the recovery of 10 victims, assisted law enforcement in evidenciary searches, and performed forward wild land fire observations.
