Fire Drones News & Articles

• Pierce Manufacturing Inc. will feature products, technology and apparatus at FDIC

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  A broad array of Pierce Manufacturing designs will be on display at the annual event

• Darley announces Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual drone

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  The FAA-sanctioned industrial grade drone is designed for use specifically in public safety operations

• Mich. city fire dept. gifted drone to help during rescues

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  A new drone will assist Zeeland Township Fire Department firefighters during water rescues, ice rescues, fires and missing person searches

• Nev. city to begin AED drone delivery service

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  Beginning in 2020, Flirtey, a drone delivery service, will begin sending AEDs to cardiac arrest victims identified by 911 dispatchers

• First responders use heat-seeking drones in deadly tornado aftermath

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  Heat-seeking drones helped reassure searchers that they hadn't overlooked anyone in the aftermath of the twister that killed 23 people

• 4 steps to a successful drone program for your fire department

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  Establish your department’s needs and budget, and learn from other departments and how FirstNet can improve your emergency communications to get your first UAV in flight

• A firefighter’s guide to UAS certification

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  New Federal Aviation Administration guidelines announced for fire departments

• Texas city approves first responders’ use of drones

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  Tyler officials voted to allow Phirst Technologies to test its automated drone first response system

• ND fire dept. experiments with drone use

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  At the North Dakota International Association of Arson Investigators conference, the Grand Forks Fire Department used drones to gather data from a controlled burn

• Drone startup company makes award-winning UAS for responders

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  DV8 Tech won $50,000 for creating a drone that carried a mini-cell tower to allow responders to communicate in a disaster, such as a forest fire or flood

• Fla. fire department leading the way in drone use

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  Southern Manatee Fire and Rescue launched a drone program in 2015 and has been developing ways to use them ever since

• Fire department drone helps catch car theft suspect

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  The Bargersville Fire Department used their drone to locate a man suspected of stealing a car and driving into a corn field

• DARTdrones offering Round 2 of public safety drone training grant

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  DARTdrones awarded $300,000 in grants toward free drone training in the six months of Round One funding

• San Diego Fire Dept. launches one of nation’s first IPP drone deployment

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  The launch of the UAS Integration Pilot Program kicked off with a live demonstration highlighting drone abilities, such as real-time aerial visibility

• Idaho fire dept. authorized by FAA to combat wildfires with drones

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  The Boise Fire Department purchased four drones and trained four employees to operate them after a year-long effort to receive FAA authorization

• China developing drone to assist firefighters in rescues

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  The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology is working on a drone that can search for trapped victims in high-rise building fires by quickly flying through

• Texas emergency official encourages use of drones to save lives

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  Johnson County Emergency Management Director Jamie Moore said the new technology has greatly enhanced emergency response efforts

• Study: Drone use in public safety greatly increasing

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  The Center for the Study of the Drone estimated that the number of public safety agencies using drones has increased by 82 percent in the past year

• Lava scientists’ drone guides lost resident through jungle to safety

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  A response team was on a mission to map the Lower East Rift Zone when scientists spotted a resident as lava from Kilauea Volcano devoured the subdivision

• Search crew rescues hikers with firefighter’s personal drone

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  After the search team became disoriented while rescuing hikers, the firefighter deployed a drone that he had been testing before the search began

• Spotlight: Macatawa Unmanned Systems aims to help firefighters, save lives

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  Macatawa's focus is on helping businesses and government agencies develop unmanned capabilities

• Drone standards for public safety boosted by joint effort

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  The National Fire Protection Association and ASTM International signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support a joint working group of public safety experts

• Video: Self-flying drones could serve as emergency responders

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  “Swarm drones” can navigate themselves and coordinate with each other, making them potentially useful for high-level rescue missions and more

• U.S. bill could modernize wildfire technology

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  The bill would increase firefighter safety by requiring GPS locations to be provided for wildfire crews and allowing drones to scout wildfires in real-time

• How to develop a fire service UAS training program

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  A UAS training program must address evolving regulations, expanding use of UAS in the fire service and gaining public support for fire department drone operations

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