Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being proactively adopted by public safety agencies, police and fire departments, emergency operations centers and other stakeholders for disaster monitoring, real-time situational awareness, search and rescue missions, firefighting, law enforcement surveillance, and other use-cases.
One of the earliest adopters of autonomous drone fleets for emergency response is Tyler, Texas-based Phirst Technologies, LLC – a technology-led, public safety solutions provider. Phil Burks (CEO at Phirst Technologies and Genesis Group) shared his experience in integrating autonomous drones into the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system used for 911 emergency operations in the US.
Phil’s company has launched a drone-centric ‘First Eyes for First Responders’ offering for Public Safety Access Points (PSAPs). The FIRST iZ offering for first responders (https://firstiz.co/) is designed to help public safety chiefs and emergency operations managers use drones as a highly effective tool for real-time situational awareness. By reducing the response time to emergencies, and providing live information and insights for decision-makers, drones can potentially help save countless lives!
FlytBase is proud to provide the drone automation technology that powers FIRST iZ and enables drone public safety missions, seamlessly integrated into, and managed via, a unified operations dashboard for 911 dispatchers. No-fly zones near airports, temporary aerial restrictions during disasters, political/public events, etc. directly impact the feasibility of outdoor public safety missions. Thus, static as well as real-time airspace information was utilized by FlytBase’s intelligent path-planning and navigation modules to ensure UTM compliance.
Nitin Gupta, FlytBase Director, commented, “FlytBase is focused on helping mature drone solutions for emergency services to the next logical step - deploying fleets of autonomous drones ‘in a box’ at strategic locations in populated areas, ready to support police, fire, disaster recovery and other emergency services at a moment’s notice. Phirst Technologies’ FIRST iZ is a prime example of how public good can be created via aerial technology solutions that are safe, reliable and scalable.”
Hear Phil, and learn more about FIRST iZ, by clicking here.
About FlytBase
FlytBase is an enterprise drone automation company with technology that automates and scales drone applications. The software enables easy deployment of intelligent drone fleets, seamlessly integrated with cloud-based business applications. FlytBase technology is compatible with all major drone and hardware platforms. With IoT architecture, enterprise-grade security and reliability, the platform suits a variety of commercial drone use-cases, powered by autonomy.
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