Drone Tools Workshop: Vegetation Mapping in the Urban-Wildland Interface
In light of recent devastating wildfires in California, many public agencies, municipalities and landowners are actively pursuing new tools for vegetation management...
Pierce Situational Awareness System
Live stream and document mission-critical aerial views of the scene with total operational freedom. The Pierce Situational Awareness System by Fotokite tethers to...
Skyfire Obtains First COA With Beyond Visual Line of Sight Provision for Public Safety...
Skyfire Consulting, the country's premier public safety UAV consultancy, announced today FAA approval for the first active emergency response Certificate of Authorization...
Aerial Firefighting Europe Conference and Exhibition Prepares for March 19th Opening in France
Aerial Firefighting Europe 2019 is the latest event in the expanding conference and exhibition portfolio run by Tangent Link. It follows the...
How to Drone Map a Disaster Zone in 60 minutes or Less
This past November, I coordinated a short experiment on the ground in Paradise, California in the final hours of wrapping up...
Mapping “Camp Fire” with drones, lessons learnt
DJI works with 16 first response agencies for disaster response and damage assessment for California’s deadliest wildfire
The towns of Paradise and Magalia in Northern...
ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial System Proves Valuable for Firefighting Crews at Northern California’s Camp Fire
Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, assisted from the air in the firefight against the Camp Fire in Northern California, now...
How the Drone Ecosystem Came Together In Support of Camp Fire
Like many people on November 8th, 2018, I was glued to the news about the explosive Camp Fire burning through the town of Paradise,...
BEHA M1-AT firefighting drone
The ability to fly a fleet of autonomous drone BEHA M1-AT’s to a fire location, providing continuous low-level delivery with greater payload capability than...
Interior Awards First Contract for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Services
BOISE, Idaho – As part of a broader strategy to aggressively combat wildfires, the U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a Call When Needed...