by Michael Willoughby Some disaster drone crews exhibit elevated levels of fatigue equivalent to a blood alcohol content of 0.05 per cent after two days
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Category: First responders
California’s Chula Vista police launch 1,000th drone, make 130 arrests
by Michael Willougby Police in California’s Chula Vista city have launched 1,000 drone flights in a year resulting in 130 arrests according to a report
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Cellular-connected drones to deliver life-saving emergency defibrillators following Canadian trial
by Michael Willoughby A trial using 4G LTE cellular connectivity to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drones to deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the scene of
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Geneva hospital to trial unmanned drone ambulance
by Michael Willoughby Geneva has participated in a feasibility study on taxicab drones as part of the European Urban Innovation Initiative on Intelligent Cities and
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LAPD will use Measure Ground Control for its unmanned aerial system programme
by Michael Willoughby The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has approved the use of Measure Ground Control drone programme management platform the Department’s small unmanned
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47 teams given green light for Australian Medical Rescue Challenge 2020
by Michael Willoughby A total of nearly 50 teams comprising 500 people are set to compete in next year’s Australian Medical Rescue Challenge. The goal
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DJI and Dubai police agree to partner on help for public safety pros.
by Michael Willoughby DJI, the manufacturer of civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, announced a Solution Development Partnership with Dubai Police to test and deploy
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Drone beats ambulance to deliver first aid kit
by Michael Willoughby A team in Iraq and Australia has developed a way to use drones to deliver a first aid kit 90 to 120
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DroneUp gets first multi-state contract for public sector access to drone services
In a first, DroneUp, an end-to-end drone pilot service provider for aerial data collection, has secured a contract for the total unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
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Report sees first-responder drone-uptake quicken over next three years
by Michael Willoughby Many first-responding (emergency) organisations are likely to adopt drones in the next three years, a new report finds. The Wind study says
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