FIRE IMAGING

First responders need as much situational awareness as possible to fight fires spread across treacherous forest terrain. In 2011, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deployed Predator B in support of firefighters during the largest wildfire in Arizona’s history where fires consumed more than half a million acres. Predator B provided streaming imagery of areas affected by the fires to incident commanders and other fire managers on the ground in real-time, supplying them with valuable time to employ the most effective and efficient measures to extinguish the blazes and protect firefighters.