Conservation/Rescue

THERMAL IMAGING The initial test flight of the thermal drone shows images from the three main modes: White Hot Black Hot Rainbow This is an image of a field at night right after the sun went down. So much heat is radiating from the ground it is hard to discern the cattle walking about upon it. This is why this type of thermal isn't best for location operations. These are Black Hot Thermal images. The cattle stand out really well in this image. So does my truck. This is why Black hot is one of the primary search and rescue thermal settings.   White Hot is the other primary search and rescue thermal setting.  Again, you can clearly see the imagery.  And these are from a small thermal camera. During day light hours it is twice as defined because both of the drones cameras work in concert to blend the imagery into a vivid photo. So, the colored thermal images are best used to pinpoint large heat signatures or heat signatures that are not surrounded by massive heat sources causing inter

DRONES IN FIRE/RESCUE Thermal drones are important to the future of fire fighting. They are capable of seeing through smoke with such clarity that the smoke doesn't even show up on the drone's feed. They can accurately tell fire fighters the state of structural integrity a structure is in. They can accurately define fire flow paths within buildings and in open fields and forested areas. They can observe wet lines and send data back to the drone operators telling how effective the wet lines are. They can easily detect hot spots that need to be dealt with. Drones in general are invaluable tools for first responders. The aerial views, and the clarity provided, give clear, useful data that is immediately actionable. You can see exactly what the fire is doing, where it is heading, and how best to attack it to put it out with the most efficiency.  A few aerial shots from my own drones prove these points: