{"id":23874,"date":"2022-10-31T17:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T17:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23874"},"modified":"2022-10-31T17:33:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T17:33:47","slug":"new-jersey-american-water-conducts-second-annual-drone-emergency-response-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/uncategorized\/new-jersey-american-water-conducts-second-annual-drone-emergency-response-drill\/%20","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey American Water Conducts Second Annual Drone Emergency Response Drill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Jersey American Water<\/a> conducted a functional exercise with the National Aerospace Research and Technology Park (NARTP) to demonstrate how Unmanned Aircraft Systems can be used to support natural disaster recovery efforts across New Jersey. This year\u2019s exercise, conducted in collaboration with national, regional and local emergency management and government agencies, focused on improving the efficiency and coordination of response efforts following a major flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs severe storms and flooding continue to impact New\nJersey, it is critical that we consider how best to improve future response\nefforts by utilizing available technology and enhancing opportunities for\ncoordination,\u201d said Mark McDonough, President, New Jersey American Water. \u201cNew\nJersey American Water has a critical duty as an essential service provider to\ndo everything we can to try to maintain operations and reliability for our\ncustomers\u2014even when an unexpected disaster strikes. While natural disasters\nsuch as floods may be largely uncontrollable, we can control how we respond and\nhow quickly we respond through the investments and decisions we make today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch Video <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s event followed a successful tabletop exercise held\non October 13, 2022, at New Jersey American Water\u2019s headquarters in Camden.\nDuring the tabletop exercise, various participants from local, state and\nfederal government agencies, industry partners and emergency management\nagencies met to plan and coordinate how to best incorporate the use of drones\nto improve and inform traditional emergency response and Search and Rescue\noperations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s drill was conducted as the state approaches the\n10-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. Nearly a decade later, New Jersey has\nexperienced several damaging floods and natural disasters, serving as an\nunfortunate reminder of the need for UAS technology to accelerate response,\nimprove coordination between first responders, government agencies and\nessential service providers and safe lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvents such as today\u2019s, demonstrate the benefit of\ninvesting in state-of-the-art UAS technology to adequately assess damage and\nprovide critical real-time imagery and intelligence,\u201d said Howard Kyle,\nPresident\/CEO, NARTP. \u201cWe feel that today\u2019s exercise also demonstrates an\nimportant need for change. Current Federal Aviation Administration guidelines\ndo not permit immediate reconnaissance drone flights following a major storm or\nflood. New Jersey has the opportunity to improve our protocol and response efforts\nto improve efficiency, and now is the time to act on this and be a leader in\nthis space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the flood exercise, multiple aircrafts were\ndispatched to locations in Atlantic and Somerset counties, including New Jersey\nAmerican Water\u2019s Raritan-Millstone Plant and Ocean City water and wastewater\ndistribution system. UAS flight and live imagery data was streamed in real-time\nto the NARTP \u201cThunder Room\u201d in Egg Harbor Township, where industry partners,\nregulators and public safety officials gathered to watch the simulation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exercise was led by New Jersey American Water and NARTP\nand conducted in collaboration with industry partners and various local, state\nand federal agencies including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             American\nAerospace Technologies Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             Atlantic\nCity Fire Dept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             Atlantic\nCity OEM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             Cape May\nPD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             Censys\nTechnologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             FAA SOSC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             Iris\nAutomation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             New\nJersey Innovation Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             New\nJersey State Police<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             NJ Office\nof Emergency Mgt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             Somerset\nCounty OEM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             U.S.\nCoast Guard, SDB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022             Unmanned\nSafety Institute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Jersey American Water conducted a functional exercise with the National Aerospace Research and Technology Park (NARTP) to demonstrate how Unmanned Aircraft Systems can be used to support natural disaster recovery efforts across New Jersey. This year\u2019s exercise, conducted in collaboration with national, regional and local emergency management and government agencies, focused on improving the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23874","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=23874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23875,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23874\/revisions\/23875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}