First and foremost it is important for first responders to remain safe during their service to the community. Often public safety workers jump in to fight a fire or respond to an accident quickly, putting their own safety at risk. This can lead to situations where they are in danger, creating an even larger issue to manage at the scene.
Now first responders can do their job efficiently while also taking safety measures to use precaution before responding to a call. With the use of drones for situational awareness, public safety officials can be in the know about information from a scene even before arriving.
Drones can be deployed at the time of a call for a fire or accident and arrive on the scene collecting information immediately for first responders to be able to obtain, analyze and build a plan of action.
Drones with the integration of rugged tablets improve real-time communication and decision-making that protect first responders from life-threatening situations.
Public Safety Missions aided by Drones and Rugged Tablets:
Fire Response: Fireteams can now size up hot spots and gain easy visuals on fire hose lines or a front-line perspective of first fires when they launch a drone to fly before them. Drones that are linked to rugged tablets allow teams to see firsthand what is happening in real-time.
Rugged tablets are portable, mobile computers that can be used in the vehicle, in the field, or back at the station; when linked to a drone – data is made available and at the fingertips of fire teams at all times.
Search and Rescue: When a team is deployed for a search and rescue mission, every second counts. Lives are usually at stake and the clock is ticking to respond with the most efficient plan to locate, find and rescue people who may be stranded or hurt. Elevated situational awareness helps to identify direct team resources, the use of drones with rugged tablets allows search and rescue teams to have eyes in the air before feet are even on the ground.
Teams can see wide ranges of land, an overview of the scene, and can also fly into places that may be risky for a person to scope the scene. The use of drones reduces the time it takes for search and rescue teams to locate and rescue people and animals from life and death situations.
Emergency Response: Eyes in the sky immediately to view, document, and assess an accident scene. Drones allow for remote viewing of an accident scene, while also video streaming the site of the incident to collect data and document the information collected so it can be used in the lab to reconstruct the scene.
Remote video streaming allows real-time footage to be monitored from nearby command vehicles as well as streamed remotely to command centers, providing the safety-critical information needed for better real-time coordination and collaboration of the resources on-scene.
Traffic Management: Quickly and easily monitor, track and document traffic flow to improve traffic and prevent bottlenecks in heavily congested areas with the use of drones and rugged tablets for traffic management. Drones can be used in place of helicopters to assess car accidents or traffic, thus reducing costs for the department. Remote viewing can be done on a tablet from an office, a car nearby, and other on-site teams.
The integration and use of drones with rugged tablets reduces the risk for public safety officials, provides situational awareness at the scene, and allows for real-time communication among first responder teams. Our partner FOTOKITE offers drone technology that integrates with our durable rugged tablets to enhance situational awareness.
Both are built to withstand harsh environments and made to be durable in even the most challenging situations when first responders need technology they can rely on.