Drone - Aerial Fire Magazine

New Indoor Facility Allows First Responders To Test Drone Techniques & Skills

RIFLE, Colo. (CBS4) – First responders across Colorado are using drones for investigations and training. Now, they have a brand new ...

Consumer Drone Use Continues to Ground Aircraft With No Sign of Slowing

by AgAir Update Staff

September 27, 2019

As consumer drone sales numbers continue to increase annually, so too does the risk posed to the aerial firefighting industry ...

DJI Commits Drone Technology to Increase Support for National Disaster Response Efforts

by AgAir Update Staff

September 26, 2019

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- DJI, the world's leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, today unveiled a new Disaster ...

Fall AerialFire Magazine Out Now

by AgAir Update Staff

September 17, 2019

In this issue of AerialFire Magazine: AerialFire at Airventure Read about the first Aerial Firefighting display at the worlds biggest ...

Fighting Fires and Thwarting Drones: Belgrade-Based Sister Companies Expanding

by AgAir Update Staff

September 9, 2019

When Tim Sheehy started Bridger Aerospace in 2014, he was just one person with one aircraft helping ranchers keep track ...

Using Drones To Fight Climate Change

by AgAir Update Staff

September 6, 2019

From more intense wildfires to prolonged droughts, climate change is impacting the ecology of the American West. That’s got researchers ...

Autonomous aerial firefighting drones begin testing in Spain

Drone Over Williams Flats Fire Suspends Aerial Firefighting Operations

by AgAir Update Staff

August 8, 2019

COLVILLE - Aerial firefighting operations had to be suspended Tuesday at the Williams Flats Fire when a drone flew into ...

U.S. FAA to Again Delay Drone Tracking Rule: Document

by AgAir Update Staff

July 19, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration has again delayed plans to propose new rules requiring the remote identification of ...

Drone, Float Plane Interrupt Swan Lake Fire Aerial Operations

by AgAir Update Staff

July 16, 2019

STERLING, Alaska (KTUU) - Unauthorized aircraft flying within a temporary flight restriction interrupted air operations for the Swan Lake Fire two ...