Police in Treviolo, near Bergamo, are now using drones to take people’s temperatures and to control movement. Continue reading
Category Archives: First Responders
Fire Drill for High-Rise Firefighting Drones in China
Guofei General Aviation Equipment Manufacturing held a fire drill in Dazu, Chongqing. Combining the characteristics of high-rise firefighting in Chongqing, they used six high-rise fire-fighting drones to quickly put out the fire, so that guests at the scene could witness the miracle of a high-rise fire fighting UAV. Continue reading
First Responder UAS Endurance Challenge Now Open
The National Institute of Standards and Safety Public Safety Communications Research has launched the First Responder UAS Endurance Challenge with prize offerings totalling $552,000. UAS Challenge opened on April 1 for proposal submissions through the website. Continue reading
Drones Vs Covid 19 – Around the World
Drones are being used in a variety of ways around the world in face of the current pandemic – mainly to inform, enforce restrictions and to sanitise. Rather than dozens of individual posts, we’re collated some highlights into this one mega-post to hopefully make it all more easily digestible… Continue reading
Drones to Seek out Surviving Koalas in Bushfire Zones
Queensland University of Technology researchers will apply their innovative method for detecting koalas using drones and infrared imaging in a collaborative project to identify wildlife populations in bushfire affected areas. Continue reading
FIRST iZ Partners with Hush Aerospace on Emergency Response Drones
FIRST iZ, a patent-pending unmanned aerial system (UAS) allowing drones to be dispatched autonomously by 911 operators, announced that it has partnered with Hush Aerospace (HUSH) to design and manufacture airframes in the USA, to be used in the FIRST iZ solution. Continue reading
Bristow and Schiebel Perform UK’s First Unmanned SAR Trial
International aviation services provider Bristow is carrying out the UK’s first trial of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for lifesaving operations in maritime and land environments, in partnership with the Schiebel Group. Continue reading
DRONERESPONDERS Latin America Unveiled
DRONERESPONDERS has arrived in Latin America. AIRT and APD Humanitario officially unveiled the spanish language-based initiative during a special week-long workshop for emergency services professionals held from January 21-25 in the capital city of Colombia. Continue reading