Drones offer firefighters enhanced safety and versatility, providing thermal imaging to pinpoint hotspots in urban fires, wildfires, and more, ensuring efficient, informed responses.
Problems
- Firefighters often have little information about the complexity of the situation before entering a structure.
- Information exchange between fire brigades is often inefficient, hindering the effectiveness of the fire response and the chances of early mitigation.
- Main fire sources might be hidden under debris, smoke, or flames, making it difficult to identify and extinguish them.
Solutions
- Assess the severity of the incident in real-time and deploy teams to focus on the major sources of fire.
- Monitor the fire incident with a thermal aerial perspective to better coordinate the response and strategically deploy fire brigades.
- Thermal drone imagery can detect different fire sources and their respective temperatures.