Skyfire unveils SF2 drone for public safety and critical missions

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First respondersEmergencypublic safety
Skyfire SF2 drone

Specialized Atlanta-based UAV consulting firm Skyfire is itself launching into aerial action with the release of its SF2 drone, which is designed and manufactured specifically for public safety and critical sector operators.

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Aquiline Drones extends free first responder pilot training offer

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Drones for goodFirst respondersEmergency

For all those first responders out there who’ve been a bit tardy in taking advantage of a nice opportunity, here’s good news. Connecticut-based UAV tech, cloud, and software solutions provider Aquiline Drones has announced it is extending its offer to provide free pilot training and education to emergency and rescue workers for another six months.

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Carbyne-Edgybees partnership offers emergency responders enhanced drone video feeds

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Drone videoEmergency

Emergency response solutions specialist Carbyne has teamed up with visual augmentation firm Edgybees to offer enhanced, real-time imagery during calamities. The service is designed to enrich live videos from drones and provide crisis managers with better, fuller information about developing emergencies their responders will be encountering.

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North Carolina tests drone emergency supply flights to remote Ocracoke Island

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Drone DeliveryEmergency

Residents and visitors of Ocracoke Island prize the calm and seclusion its remoteness affords. Yet that distance from off North Carolina’s coast also makes getting supplies to locals facing emergency extreme weather difficult – a problem drones may help Ocracoke solve.

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Korean Air supplying new hybrid drones to fire and rescue responders

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DroneSearch & RescueSouth KoreaEmergency

Korean Air is providing fire fighting and rescue services at a popular vacation destination two of its hybrid drones. The craft’s mix of battery and internal combustion power will increase the length of missions flown, and enhance the craft’s resistance to rough weather conditions.

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Wild elephants wreak havoc in Chinese city; drones monitor emergency [videos]

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WildlifeEmergency

A herd of 15 wild elephants is plowing through southwest China’s Yunnan Province and fast approaching Kunming, a city of 8.46 million, after escaping a nature reserve more than 300 miles away. And keeping a track on their progress is a task force of 360 personnel, 76 cars, and nine drones.

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