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New York City officials have deployed drones to warn residents about potential flash flooding. Heavy rainfall is expected to hit the city from Tuesday afternoon until midday Wednesday, posing significant flooding risks to low-lying areas and basement dwellers. This innovative approach aims to ensure public safety as extreme weather events become more frequent due to…
Washoe County, Nevada is taking to the skies with drones to tackle mosquito infestations in hard-to-reach wetlands, aiming to reduce the spread of diseases like the West Nile virus. New Aerial Assault on Mosquitoes In a bid to control the mosquito population, Northern Nevada Public Health (NNPH) is reportedly set to launch its first mosquito…
Hurricanes have long fascinated and threatened us. Traditional ways of studying them, however, can be perilous. Enter the drones.
TacBrowse is a new situational awareness technology that has been launched by SkyeBrowse. This tool is meant to give tactical teams real-time intelligence that they can use while they are on tactical missions. SkyeBrowse is the drone reality capture platform that is both the easiest and the fastest to use. Skyebrowse’s TacBrowse in action “SkyeBrowse…
Tech giant Google wants to experiment with a fire-extinguishing drone using a spray unmanned aircraft. This is evident from an application...
The 96th Security Forces Squadron is already equipped with a football-sized drone, called the Throwbot, to assist base security.
A fire department drone monitors the scene of a major gas explosion in the Reisterstown Station neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore
A DHS notice on Federal Register about a survey to get a better idea of citizens' knowledge of agencies using drones during emergencies.
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