Fire and Police

French manufacturer Parrot is working quickly to introduce the ANAFI USA to the public safety and law enforcement sector.  Parrot and AIRT, the Miami-based public safety non-profit, announced a partnership that will help put Parrot’s new public safety solution to the test. “Parrot, a leading European drone group, is pleased …

Source: DJI Drone giant DJI today launched a new mapping solution to optimize rescue drones. Drone Rescue Map is an online reference that globally tracks events involving life-saving drones. The map has already depicted rescue drones helping more than 400 people in more than 200 emergency situations. “Each entry on …

The following is an AIRT and DRONERESPONDERS press release.  MIAMI, FL – The Airborne International Response Team (AIRT), the leading 501(c)3 non-profit organization supporting Drones For Good™ and the official home of DRONERESPONDERS, today launched a new dual-program podcast series highlighting the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related …

Research initiative will explore public safety drone program growth, impact of COVID-19, and other emerging topics surrounding Drones For Good MIAMI, FL – The Airborne International Response Team (AIRT), the leading 501(c)3 non-profit organization supporting Drones For Good™ and the official home of DRONERESPONDERS, today launched the Spring 2020 Pubic …

Image Provided by the Centrum Search and rescue drones have been used for several years now, and are incredibly effective at finding missing persons.  Using thermal imagery, searches for missing persons can continue in the dark and under ever more challenging conditions. This new search and rescue drone solution covers …

Source: DroneSense Public-safety drone software provider DroneSense and French UAV giant Parrot are soaring into a new corporate partnership. The agreement will marry Parrot’s ANAFI quadcopter with the full suite of DroneSense capabilities with a focus on the public-safety/first-responder drone market. The Texas startup’s platform is an out-of-the-box solution for …

Image: CDC/Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMS During the current Covid-19 pandemic, surveillance drones have been used by police departments around the world to monitor community quarantines.  The application keeps law enforcement officials safe while reminding community members of social distancing guidelines.  In the U.S., some politicians have objected, with …

Source: SkySkopes Police in North Dakota are celebrating after search-and-rescue drones helped locate a missing child last week. Working with top-rated drone firm SkySkopes, the Minot police and fire departments found two-year old Kevin Hochsprung in a nearby unoccupied, unlocked house several hours after the boy wandered away from home. …

Source: Draganfly A Connecticut town is testing a drone that can measure social distancing and detect COVID19 symptoms from the air. The Westport Police Department recently partnered with Canadian drone company Draganfly to deploy unmanned aircraft equipped with a sensor package that can display body temperature, heart and respiratory rates, …

DJI has been a leader in the use of drones for emergency response, forming key partnerships with large firefighting operations around the world to expand use cases and explore new applications.  Now, DJI announces a partnership with Rosenbauer International AG, the global leader in the manufacture of firefighting vehicles and …