At Utah Drone, we know the importance of swift and effective search and rescue operations in emergency situations. That is why at Utah Drone we offer services designed to provide rapid response solutions for search and rescue teams. Our team of expect licensed drone pilots, we conduct aerial searches and provide real-time situational awareness. Helping search and rescue teams sav lives and mitigate risks.
Our services include but not limited too:
- Aerial Searches and Reconnaissance
- Incident Command and Situational Awareness
Are you ready to utilize drones to help save lives? Contact Utah Drone today to discuss your needs, request a free quote, or schedule. Utah Drone wants to help you utilize drones for search and rescue teams for rapid response and life saving missions.
Finding Missing People, Kids and Pets from the Air
Drones have quickly become an irreplaceable tool for search and rescue teams everywhere. Whether it’s helping locate lost hikers, find missing animals and kids, or even helping adults with memory loss find their way home, drones can assist.
The value of the drones for search and rescue teams really shows in three main areas: responding quickly at a low cost, allowing the use of sensors such as thermal imaging and zoom cameras, and providing automated search coverage of a precise grid.
Local police and volunteer SAR teams have long relied on helicopters and airplanes to aid in locating missing persons, but these options are both expensive and slow. In contrast, drones like the Autel Robotics EVO 2 Dual are ready to fly in minutes, at a fraction of the cost of manned aircraft. These small and compact drones are easier to fly and allow you to have both high resolution thermal and high resolution RGB imagery.
Some larger drones, like the DJI Matrice 300 and DJI Matrice 30, can carry both thermal and visual sensors, meaning that you can locate people under almost any conditions. Flying with two distinct sensors together allows viewing both heat signatures and visible information, like body heat in a forest or a hunter’s orange cap on a snowy mountain. Both series drones have 200x digital zoom and 16x thermal zoom.
When you need an exhaustive search pattern to guide your team’s ground crews, even lost-cost drones such as the Phantom 4 series can automatically fly a precise grid over several square miles while capturing still or video images. You can then view the footage live or downloaded and be assured that you’re searching in a systematic, logical way. This is just one of the many options for a low-cost search and rescue drone, so contact us today to learn more.
Faster Response Times Improve Survival Rates
In search and rescue operations, teams race against the clock. Vision Aerial drones take less than two minutes to deploy, whereas helicopters or planes take much longer. Drones also scan wide areas with cameras and sensors more quickly than traditional grid methods. Once the subject is found, GPS coordinates provide SAR teams with a precise location.
Drones Quickly Scan Difficult Terrain
Search and rescue missions often take place in remote locations with dense brush, cliffs, hills, ravines, or other difficult terrains. Drones can fly high over areas that would be difficult to cross on foot.
Teams Receive Better Data in Real-Time
A drone outfitted with a thermal and infrared camera provides rescuers with information that is invisible to the naked eye. For example, search teams on the ground can use a live-stream of thermal images to look for human shapes. Once found, they zoom in with a high-resolution camera to assess the condition of the missing person. That way they will know what kind of first aid might be needed. Finally, rescuers use precise GPS coordinates to guide them to the subject.
Less Expensive than Helicopters or Airplanes
While helicopters and airplanes can cost several thousand dollars per mission, a drone is a fraction of the cost when amortized over its lifetime. Plus, rescuers can stay safely on the ground at the staging area.