Drones, or UAS, have been increasingly complicating airspace around wildfires since the first consumer models came to market.
One careless drone flight is all it takes to pull life-saving aircraft out of a California wildfire fight. State fire ...
Officials are warning the public of a record number of drones interfering with wildfire operations. The U.S. Department of ...
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Kingsport Fire Department started its drone program in 2018, which at the time was just getting the drone. Since then, it has used it during multiple kinds of emergencies ...
I'm a part time firefighter and we have a Matrice 30T in our department. It's an incredible tool for locating and monitoring fires, humans, etc. We're required to get a Part 107 cert from the FAA to ...
The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) is warning people not to fly personal drones over the southeast wildfires. According to ...
Fire departments nationwide are enhancing capabilities through advanced training, new technologies, and updated operational protocols. Crews are learning to operate drones, rappel from helicopters, ...
The Minnesota Interagency Fire Center is reminding residents that flying drones near wildfires is prohibited due to safety risks for firefighters and aircraft. Recent warm and dry weather has led to ...
Unauthorized drones are becoming a serious problem over Arizona wildfires, forcing firefighting aircraft to stop flying at ...
Two of the drones and the SR20 captured images and infrared footage of the fire area and sent it to Airbus servers connected to a truck-based command center. All of these assets were connected via ...