Drones offer more than a way to revive your sense of childlike whimsy. Equal parts high-tech toy and commercial tool, they often feature powerful cameras that capture high-quality video, making them a ...

Silicon Valley high schoolers compete in XPRIZE Wildfire finals using drones and AI to detect and suppress fires against ...

PHOENIX — The Tempe Fire Department has a new tool at its disposal with a drone that can provide aerial views of emergency scenes in real time. The Fotokite, a drone camera that stays tethered to ...

California-based supplier of first responder drones, Skydio, has also worked with the U.S. military and federal agencies.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drones are increasingly being used to help fight wildfires, primarily through surveillance operations to locate hotspots without ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Kingsport Fire Department started its drone program in 2018, which at the time was just getting the drone. Since then, it has used it during multiple kinds of emergencies ...

Wildland firefighters are used to dealing with a variety of complications. Wind. Humidity. Animals. Occasionally, the public. Now there’s a new threat courtesy of the public, and the U.S. Forest ...