An embedded perspective of the Carr Fire – Drones for good
Two weeks ago, an interagency team of UAV operators arrived in Redding, California to assist in disaster response to the tragic Carr Fire.
My role...
Auxdron Lifeguard Drone rescues swimmers from Spanish beach
As part of the Lifeguard team and now ever present on the beach in the port of Sagunto, Spain, the Auxdron Lifeguard Drone was...
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...
