Fire and Police
The Regional Training Center (The RTC) and Florida’s Forensic Institute for Research, Security and Tactics (F1RST) have partnered to provide training to local, state, and federal gover... Read more
Canada has authorized the operation of drone swarms beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for fighting wildfires. Continue reading below, or listen: DroneLife · Canada – Authorizes... Read more
As wildfires raged in Canada, two innovative Canadian drone companies joined forces to provide responders with critical aerial data. Â InDro Robotics and Spexi Geospatial deployed commercial... Read more
NPS-DDP stands for National Public Safety Drone Donation Program. Â The name says it all: the organization is focused on getting drones into the hands of communities who need it most, but may... Read more
Australian Surf Life Savers, Aviassist Trial Long Range Search-and-Rescue Drones by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Due to the assistance of drone training specialist Aviassist, Surf Li... Read more
Skyfire and Ondas Partner to Provide U.S. Public Safety Markets with Advanced Drone Technology by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby  Ondas Holdings’ business unit Ondas Autonomous Systems... Read more
The American Civil Liberties Union has published a paper titled “Eye in the Sky Policing Needs Strict Limits.” Â The piece was written by Jay Stanley: in the paper, Stanley explor... Read more
Mike Sember is a south Florida Firefighter. Â As a first responder, he knows exactly how difficult search and rescue operations can be. Â At the Drone Nerds ElevateUAV conference in Miami toda... Read more
The Next Public Safety Drone Review: Tuesday, August 1 at 3:00 PM ET Continue reading below or listen: DroneLife · Public – Safety – Drone – Review – August – 1... Read more
The newly formed Drone Advocacy Alliance will fight against bans on Chinese-made drone technology. Continue reading below, or listen: DroneLife · The – Drone – Advocacy – A... Read more
Detect and Avoid (DAA) Technology is critical to advanced drone operations and flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS.) Now, a project demonstrates the use of computer vision DAA technolo... Read more
WingXpand wins 7-figure U.S. AirForce contract to ruggedize 7ft packpackable drone, and develop fire-spotting software. WingXpand’s unique feature is described in its name.  The wings... Read more
Florida has now banned state and local government agencies from using drones from a “foreign country of concern,” which means that thousands of DJI drones being used by public sa... Read more
Fire Department of New York (FDNY) on operating public safety drones in cities: from the floor of the National Public Safety UAS Conference. Continue reading below, or listen: DroneLife · FD... Read more