New Joint Effort Boosts Drone Standards for Public Safety Officials
Two of the world's leading safety-standards developers are joining forces to help the growing number of public safety professionals who want to use drones...
Aerial Firefighting North America Gathers the World’s Experts
Tangent Link, renowned and recognised across the globe for its work with the airborne firefighting community, brings the Aerial Firefighting North America Conference and...
Delair provides long distance drone solutions for civil security and firefighting services in the...
The Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) of the Bouches du Rhône signs an agreement with Delair drones to optimize its rescue and firefighting...
Skyfire Consulting Gains FAA’s Sign-Off on Los Angeles Fire Department’s UAV Program
Skyfire Consulting, the country's premier public safety-focused drone company, kicked off 2018 by gaining the FAA's sign-off on the Los Angeles Fire Department's in-house UAV program. LAFD, one...
Drone America to Scale its Autonomous Air Tanker Concepts
Drone America, Unmanned Systems Manufacturer, to Scale its Autonomous Air Tanker Concepts
Strategic alliance with Thrush Aircraft anticipated to yield unmanned solutions to airborne wildfire...
Dronefly.com Introduces an Infographic for Firefighting Drone Use Applications
Dronefly, a leader in commercial drone solutions has been working alongside officials to identify and develop solutions for fire fighting and rescue operations. Our...
California Wildfires (Part 2): How 360 drone panoramics become a first-responder tool
By Greg Crutsinger, Drone Scholars
I had some time to think in between the two dozen drone flights it took to map the Coffey Park...
California Wildfires (Part 1): Mapping the hardest hit neighborhood
By Greg Crutsinger, Drone Scholars
I’m not a disaster drone guy. I am actually an ecologist by training.
I started in the drone industry because...
Mapbox Releases New Map to Track Fires in Northern California and Across the U.S
Mapbox has published a new map to give people affected by the wildfires in Northern California and across the U.S. access to the most up to date...
MQ-9 UAS Used to Support Fire Fighting Efforts in Northern California
The California Air National Guard’s 163d Attack Wing operating out of March Air Reserve Base is using MQ-9 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), with full-motion...
