4 steps to a successful drone program for your fire department.
Fire department grants for drones.
We at dartdrones are committed to increasing the number of lives saved using drones and the best way to achieve this goal is to help more public safety departments get started with drones.
Derrick ward los angeles city fire department.
Homeland security federal emergency management agency fema grants.
Adg is easy to work with helpful technically proficient and able to capture absolutely stunning aerial cinematography for projects that range from small in house shoots to high end movie and.
The drone it will ultimately place in service is an instanteye which it.
Other departments start with a budgeted amount for their drone program and go from there.
According to matt sloane ceo of skyfire consulting the average drone program is around 35 000 to 40 000 which provides drones thermal imaging cameras operation costs all of it.
In honor of our one year shark tank anniversary we are offering 100 000 in public safety grant funds as a commitment to save more lives with drones.
These are the requirements for the fema grants.
Departments may start with a small drone just to try it out and to prove its usefulness to upper management.
The west hartford ct fire department just received a drone from the national public safety drone donation program according to a report from fox 61.
Officials plan to use the drone for post storm damage assessment and search and rescue by adele uphaus conner the free lance star.
It has purchased a uav commonly referred to as a drone and is working through establishing standard operating procedures sops for its use.
Drones like all fire department related equipment benefit from utilization of firstnet when and where available.
After training 70 police and fire departments worldwide we have seen the capabilities of this technology and want to offer more departments the opportunity to implement drones.
At atlanta drone group adg skyfire s film and television arm our core mission is to offer drone filming services that provide our clients with the highest quality aerial images and video.
Federal grants through fema can be found here these are specifically for drones suas.
We already have a group of firefighters faa certified to fly drones and soon drones will be helping with structure and brush fires and with accidents water rescues and a lot more.
The dartdrones public safety grant offers funding towards drone training for police and fire departments hoping to learn to utilize drones.
Drone programs are not covered by assistance to firefighters afg grants however.
Fire department to pursue drone program.
The fort worth fire department is currently going through the process of implementing a uav program.
