EENA Awards Heroic Icelandic Drone Rescue
The European Emergency Number Association (EENA), the Brussels-based public safety NGO, and DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, today...
Texas A&M building a Drone Program for Public Safety
Lost hikers found, swimmers rescued with a deployed floatation device, wildfires located from above. Headlines about emergency responders using small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS)...
Florida International University UAS management for disaster response workshop
Florida International University Emergency Operations Center, Miami, FL
12 – 14 February 2018
This workshop goes beyond basic “how to study for a Part 107” and...
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...
AT&T Flying COW deployed to Puerto Rico
Fair play to AT&T their helicopter based Flying COW (Cell on Wings) is operating in another natural disaster.
The Flying COW is providing wireless connectivity...
Embry-Riddle Professors Use Unmanned Aircraft to Aid Community in Assessing Hurricane Damage
When Hurricane Irma passed over Daytona Beach, tearing off roofs, twisting signs and knocking over a water park slide, professors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University...
Drone flies over Houston Hurricane Harvey Blackhawk helicopters
A great demonstration of inappropriate flying by Youtube user Skies Photography.
In a video published on the 29th of August on their channel, aerial views...
Drone Software Donation for Hurricane Recovery
To assist with Hurricane Harvey and Irma emergency response and damage assessments efforts, Remote GeoSystems, Inc. is pleased to announce the donation and free...
NCDOT Reminds Drone Hobbyists: No Drones in Disaster Zones
As Hurricane Irma approaches, the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Division of Aviation is urging drone hobbyists not to fly while disaster relief and...
EagleView Providing Rapid Answers Through Machine Learning Post-Hurricane Harvey
Eagle View Technologies (“EagleView®”), the leading provider of aerial imagery and property analytics for the government, insurance and commercial sectors, is responding to Hurricane...
