What if firefighters didn鈥檛 have to put themselves in harms way for prescribed burns?
Drone Amplified showed off IGNIS at the Canadian Wildfire Conference in 麻豆精选 on Oct. 26, a drone that can assist with aerial ignitions to create fuel breaks around wildfire zones as well as assisting with prescribed burns.
鈥淚GNIS enables firefighters to be able to reach areas that may be difficult or dangerous for ground crews to travel to,鈥� said presenter Paul Fletcher.
The small aircraft can dispense little spheres with chemicals that will ignite within 30 to 60 seconds of being dropped.
The drone is piloted from the ground and controlled through an app created by Drone Amplify. The app allows precision when dropping the spheres and can light several acres of the land in a matter of minutes with the help of visual and thermal cameras. The drones can also be placed within a geofence that will disarm the dropping of spheres when leaving the targeted area.
Fletcher said the drones are highly used within U.S. federal and state agencies, and the company is working its way into the Canadian market.
Learn all about IGNIS and other firefighting tools at droneamplified.com.
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