How to Successfully Implement a Public Safety Fire Fighting Drone Program - Ask Drone U with FDNY

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In today’s show, we are joined by John and Mike from the Fire Department of New York to discuss the nuances of implementing a successful fire fighting drone program. What drones are working for public safety agencies? When do they use drones and when they don't. Find out why FDNY prefers the Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual over the Matrice 210.
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Timestamps
00:30 - Paul welcomes John and Mike from the Fire Department of New York
01:10 - How are fire fighting drones being used by FDNY?
02:05 - How drones are being used for thermal and visual inspections of large scale fires
03:02 - How information captured via drones can be relayed via Livestreams for real time monitoring
04:00 - Which fire fighting drones are being used by the FDNY?
04:30 - Important considerations for purchasing drone equipment for fire safety
05:23 - Why did FDNY decide to transition from tethered drones to untethered drones?
07:17 - Is flying fire fighting drones in areas of heavy interference a challenge?
09:00 - Did FDNY have to overcome negative perception when they first started using drones for fire safety?
10:04 - Why has FDNY painted their Mavic 2 Pro’s a bright red?
11:13 - Importance of establishing standard flying procedures for using drones for fire safety
14:00 - Is it a challenge for the FDNY to scale up their drone program?
16:55 - Are fire fighting drones safe to operate?
17:33 - Advice for fire departments who are thinking of starting their own drone programs
18:15 - Drone wish list - Is there a perfect drone for fire safety?
19:15 - Is it difficult for the fire department of file NOTAM’s and keep a tab on TFR’s given the nature of their job?
22:12 - How to purchase the right fire fighting drone equipment
23:28 - Parting Advice - How can fire departments build a successful drone program?
24:21 - How are bureaucratic issues hampering the successful implementation of drone programs
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[@RunfangChe]

We are also an enterprise to develop and product fire fighting drones. Fire extinguishing with uav is more and more an important topic in our life.

[@PowderMill]

Great video…
The M30 seems ideal for the fire service.
HDMI video retransmission to command is great!
Go FDNY!

[@Gorganahfikark]

Brilliant interview. Thank you Paul and the good folks of the FDNY for keeping us appraised of the use of drones in Public safety and fire fighting. Some very valuable info

[@DroneU]

Thanks for watching Andre!!! -PAA

[@xavier_arthur]

FDNY doesn't use any DJI software.
All in-house software from their IT internal team.

[@DroneU]

Isn't that awesome, who needs 3rd party apps? In addition, now who is in control of the data? -PAA

[@souocara38able]

Well that's a juicy and massively significant little detail they left out of the interview!

[@avianorobc8847]

I am member of a fire department just outside of NYC. What great information on this video. Thanks.

[@rj934]

I work with our local PD in our drone unit. Thank you for this video. I have sent the link for this video to the command structure of our unit.

[@souocara38able]

That was very interesting but I was disappointed that they didn't cover anything about waivers for many rules. I mean there are so many rules that would interfere with what they do, where they do it and the process by which they deal with that would be very interesting.
I found it kind of shocking to read in the comments that they use proprietary software and not DJI software. How could that have been skipped over during the interview? Seems like a lot was missing...

[@giovanidronesaerocinematog834]

Amazing! Good to know that if these guys are using the Dual, this is the one that I am going to buy to help firefighters in my city(Goiânia)

[@matthazlett2945]

Am I right to say fire dept still must maintain. VLOS?
I ask because there is a local dept that is using a remote Pilot who is not with the department and he is not keeping VLOS at all, responding to traffic accidents, etc.

[@souocara38able]

Everybody has to follow the rules unless they have a waiver from a rule. I was disappointed that they didn't go into any of that kind of stuff in this interview...

[@fredcarlson8829]

We must maintain VLOS we do use 1 or more VO's as per our COA.

[@beewear122]

Can you guys put a list of EVERYTHING (down to how many batteries etc) needed for a fire dept drone program and put it on your website. To present to administration. Platinum program, Gold program, and Silver program. Maybe you guess have this already. Where can I find it?

[@quentintyler]

This was very educational!

[@souocara38able]

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[@tobbis89]

Nice episode!! Informative !

[@charlesdalton8961]

Continued success and safe tours always.🇺🇸 I would enjoy an invitation to visit the unit as a retired Firefighter FDNY . Charles TL -77

[@andrewap77]

Nice.

[@independentdronechannel170]

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[@independentdronechannel170]

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