In their losing battle against wildfires, drones could be a firefighter's ace in the hole. Wildfires have grown in number and size, but fighting them has remained an old-school game that sometimes ...

Fighting fire with fire (and drones) Started by two University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors, a company called Drone Amplified created drones that firefighters can operate to set prescribed burns.

MEDINA, Ohio – Medina Fire Chief Larry Walters told City Council how drones have proven to be an important tool when fighting fires. Walters shared that Thursday morning of last week, the fire ...

Nonetheless, between 2014 and July 2019, federal officials tracked more than 153 drone incursions nationwide during U.S. fire suppression operations. These drones had “potential to cause an ...

Fighting fire with data, spacecraft, drones Amy Gahran, Special to CNN. 5 minute read Published 9:37 AM EDT, Thu July 26, 2012 Link Copied! Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ...

According to multiple reports, drones have been used in previous wildfires in recent years in California.And according to the Smithsonian, during the massive 2013 fire at Yosemite National Park ...

Meet the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s “Unmanned Aerial System for Fire Fighting”, the proactive fire-starting drone, and the bomb-dropping, avalanche-starting Prospect, from Mountain Drones.

The commercial availability of fire-fighting drones remains uncertain, with industry experts emphasizing the necessity for further testing and regulatory adjustments. "I was at a meeting at NASA ...

A drone hit the wing of a Canadair CL-415 Super Scooper plane fighting the LA fires. Cal Fire only has one other Quebec 1 aircraft in its arsenal.