Wildfires and drones

Drones are becoming useful to firefighters who need ever advantage to fight them...

In a world where areas in the tropical zones are very vulnerable due to the dry conditions, it’s important to spot and tackle any fires as soon as possible...

One problem is firefighters might encounter is the 

Pilots who might take their drones for a visit during this incident... 

it’s one thing to fight fires with drones, but to hinder the ongoing operations with one for video footage might be illegal...

Forest fires use aerial vehicles to either bring water to the area or scout and map the general area...

Also, to spot any trapped people that might need rescuing...

The FAA have placed temporary flight restrictions over wildfires to prevent any mid-air collisions...

The penalties you could incur is a  12-month sentence in prison and a civil penalty of $20,000...

Whatever you believe in the use of your drone and capturing the wildfire... it’s certainly not worth it to disrupt to fire department... 

Japanese Olympics

The Olympics in Japan should be starting later today hopefully without any hiccups... 

Already there’s news that the start ceremony will be using a drone light show to spark off the games...

Although I’m not not sure of the aerial cameras use in any of the broadcasts... It would be a shame not to use drones to capture some of the action...

Hopefully safely concerns have been addressed since the drone crash that nearly hit downhill skier 

Marcel Hirscher at Madonna di Campiglio in Italy.  

Despite the mishaps in the past... drones since the 

Sochi Winter Olympics have been able to beat the cable cameras and traditional methods of broadcasts injecting a excitement into the video feed... 

Hopefully with Japanese culture and futuristic technology will bring about this unique filming experience... 

Perhaps a FPV drone instead of the large scale broadcast drones in the past... 

Maybe with multiple camera units to cover the length of the race instead of a single drone that might be exhausted by 20 mins...

Whatever the outcome or method of filming the sports... I look forward to the games.... especially the skateboard competition 😉...