Wayne Baker

Wayne Baker is a 26-year veteran of the fire service. He recently retired after serving for 10 years as the fire chief and emergency management coordinator for Joshua, TX. Baker currently is director of public safety integration for DJI, which is an expert in drones and aerial-imaging technology. Throughout his career, Baker consistently sought new technology that could save the lives of the public as well as public safety personnel. Over the past five years, he operated unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, in regard to numerous fires, rescues incidents, law-enforcement operations and disaster response operations. Baker is a founding member of the North Central Texas Public Safety UAS Response Team (PSURT), with whom he deployed to such disasters as Hurricane Harvey and, most recently, the Dallas tornado incident of Oct. 20, 2019.