First responders

YPO, one of the UK’s largest public sector buying organisations, has announced the launch of its new Drones and Associated Products and Services framework for the emergency service and the wider public sector. According to […]

Drones will be used for beach safety, coastal surveillance, search and rescue and sports videos on Australia’s beaches in 2020, according to a report in the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) Flight Safety publication. The drones […]

by Michael Willoughby Terra Drone is transporting medical samples and quarantine materials throughout one of the areas of  Eastern China most heavily hit by coronavirus. 1,006 patients in the region have already contracted the disease. […]

by Michael Willoughby The Port of Gdyni in Poland has hired drone operator, Pelixar, to monitor the environment and security within the PoGA S.A. area support its fire brigade during firefighting and rescue actions. “The […]

DroneUp, LLC and the State of Alaska have signed an agreement which will begin the offering for the purchase of complete drone solutions to all state agencies, commissions, political subdivisions, institutions, and local public bodies […]

Representatives from the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and the New York Police Department (NYPD) are spearheading a new collaboration effort among […]

by Michael Willoughby Some disaster drone crews exhibit elevated levels of fatigue equivalent to a blood alcohol content of 0.05 per cent after two days of work, according to research reported in Texas Climate News. […]

by Michael Willougby Police in California’s Chula Vista city have launched 1,000 drone flights in a year resulting in 130 arrests according to a report from the San Diego Tribune. The idea behind the drone […]

by Michael Willoughby A trial using 4G LTE cellular connectivity to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drones to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the scene of a cardiac arrest has taken place in the County of […]

by Michael Willoughby Geneva has participated in a feasibility study on taxicab drones as part of the European Urban Innovation Initiative on Intelligent Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) according to EN24. The UAV prototype project was […]