The use of drones for fighting wildfires is a \u201chot\u201d topic,\nwith more than 6 million acres of forest burned this year. When they are used\nby emergency responders they have proven to help suppress and contain massive blazes\nand save lives on the ground and in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drones have revolutionized wildland firefighting and can\ncome equipped with infrared cameras and ignition payloads for wildfire control.\nThe FAA works with federal and state agencies to find ways to support\nfirefighting efforts, including approving hundreds of emergency airspace\nauthorizations to fly drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tune in as the FAA discusses various drone initiatives and\nprograms, and their role in redefining aviation operations for wildfires.\nYou\u2019ll hear from Mike Sheldon, an air traffic security expert for the FAA, Dirk\nGiles, the Forest Service\u2019s drone program manager, and Pete York, a CAL FIRE\ncaptain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can listen to the episode on FAA.gov<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Read the FAA\u2019s latest blog \u201cDrones Revolutionize Wildland Firefighting\u201d<\/a>. If you\u2019re interested in more stories on drones and public safety, check out the episode from Season 1 titled Drones for Good<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The use of drones for fighting wildfires is a \u201chot\u201d topic, with more than 6 million acres of forest burned this year. When they are used by emergency responders they have proven to help suppress and contain massive blazes and save lives on the ground and in the air. Drones have revolutionized wildland firefighting and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wildland-fires.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19859,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19858\/revisions\/19859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}