Tag: emergency
Senator Asks FAA to Include Emergency Responders in Drone Task Force
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to include emergency responders on the agency’s new task force charged with...
Sen. Addresses Liability Concerns for ‘Rogue Drones’ During Emergency Response
Citing continued drone interference in fighting wildfires, California State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-El Dorado, has announced plans to introduce legislation to help protect emergency...
County-Wide UAS to be Deployed for Emergency Response in Georgia
Olaeris, a manufacturer of civilian unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), says Georgia's Macon-Bibb County will become the first in the U.S. to install a county-wide...
Medical Technology Provider Eyes Drones for Emergency Use
OxySure Systems Inc., a Frisco, Texas-based medical technology company, has unveiled plans to add a drone to its lineup of emergency medical, resuscitation and...
Splash Drone Features Emergency Flares, Waterproof Gimbal
Urban Drones LLC recently created the Splash Drone, a waterproof quadcopter that allows operators to shoot underwater 4K video. The Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for...
Hawaii Researchers Map Active Lava Flow for Emergency Responders
Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo) have used an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to successfully map the active flow front...
Emergency UAS Flies to Patient, Delivers Defibrillator
A graduate student at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has created a prototype of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) that acts...
