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Volunteer firefighter uses drone on structure fires

He recently used the drone to examine a restaurant roof after a fire

The Gazette

WINDSOR, Colo. — A volunteer firefighter with Windsor Severance Fire Rescue has found a way to incorporate a drone into his work.

Loveland resident Mike Vickerman uses a drone he purchased in late July to help WSFR investigate fire-damaged structures and capture events in northern Colorado.

Vickerman, 43, plans to one day use his unmanned aerial vehicle to help northern Colorado firefighters as they work to extinguish burning structures. “My ultimate goal in the future is to film as much of a fire as I can and then, after, rebuild with animation what went wrong and what we can do better,” he said.

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