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22 07, 2019

Drones and Search and Rescue

By DSR Journalist|July 22nd, 2019|Categories: Featured General |Tags: emergency SAR search and rescue |Comments Off on Drones and Search and Rescue

Drones and Search and RescueDrones are really tailor made to assist search and rescue teams. They offer the ability to cover large areas in a fraction of the time of a ground based search, and over any type of terrain. The emergency services have already begun to leverage the power of having a cost-effective camera in the sky with many police forces across the UK and Ireland now having their own drone fleet.  Using UAVs to carry out searches for missing people and offenders is one obvious use but they are also being flown as part of risk assessment and planning projects, to gather a [...]

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5 01, 2019

How drones are supporting search and rescue

By DSR Journalist|January 5th, 2019|Categories: General |Tags: ambulance drone drone safety according to kids drones and SAR drones for good drones saving lives emergency emergency drone hire support finding people with drones general missing person search SAR search and rescue services |Comments Off on How drones are supporting search and rescue

It certainly wouldn’t be unusual to open a newspaper or turn on the TV and hear a bad a news story about a drone. From endangering aircraft to dropping drugs into prison, there seems to be no end of coverage about how UAVs are something to be alarmed about. Of course, if you peek behind the headlines, the vast majority of these problems are caused by pilots flying illegally but it’s not surprising that this does cause problems for safe and legal drone pilots as they go about their business. So it is always good when a positive story comes across the DSR news desk and we’re plea [...]

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7 07, 2023

Search and Rescue Drones

By DSR Journalist|July 7th, 2023|Categories: General Thermal Imaging |Tags: thermal imaging drones and research drones and search and rescue search and rescue |Comments Off on Search and Rescue Drones

Drones are increasingly becoming part of everyday life, with major industries having adopted their use over recent years. Construction, agriculture, insurance and infrastructure building are just a few examples. Drones are also being used to great effect in the world of search and rescue, and this is helping to improve the profile of the technology with the general public. [...]

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