Case Study | Orange County Fire Department How valuable would it be for first responders to have a bird’s eye view of a fire, search and rescue, or other emergency? Very valuable, says Jason Perrigo, Battalion Chief of Training for the Orange County Fire Rescue Department in Orlando, Florida. “Being able to see an emergency from above can give you the ability to save somebody’s life or help somebody out who is in need,” he explains. The possibility of quickly seeing and understanding what’s going on at almost any kind of emergency drove the department in 2016 to begin exploring the use of unmanned aerial vehicles — UAVs or drones—to help firefighters in the field. In 2017 Orange County Fire Rescue bought its first two DJI drones from FlyMotion Unmanned Systems of Tampa, which als

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