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The mobility and size of drone units allows them to explore areas too precarious for human entry. Images courtesy of DroneSense.
Providing that actionable information was one of many use
cases for drones during the event. Another was searching
through precarious areas where people might be trapped.
" We will risk a lot to save a lot is kind of a mantra that you hear
in public safety. So when there's people in the building, when
there's people on the roofs, yes, we're going to go and we're
going to get people out, " Pruitt says.
" Where drones come in, now we're able to take some smaller
aircraft, and we can fly them into the building. So we're flying
the drones in the building, looking for anyone we might have
missed, " he says.
He points to the area of a parking garage under the collapsed
building, and the impossibility for rescue workers to
enter it safely. Since workers couldn't confirm if anyone was
alive in the parking garage, they couldn't go down and risk
their own lives.
The presence of small flying drones fixed this problem. " It's
easier to take a drone and make a hole [and] get this drone
down in the parking garage. You can fly around, " Pruitt says.
DroneSense wasn't the only drone platform that lent a hand
during the incident. The University of Florida's Centre for
Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue was another organization
that utilized drones during the operation. That particular
team was at the site quickly, and stayed for over a month
according to Pruitt.
" During daylight hours, just about every two hours, they
were going in and using a drone to map the scene. So now
we have progress, " Pruitt says.
" We can look at this image from two hours ago, and compare
it to the image from now. We can see the work that's
been done. And now you play that out over a month. And we
can see everything that's happening and how the scene is
progressing, " he explains.
The drones also served a security role. Law enforcement
used them to make sure nobody was poking around who
shouldn't have access to certain areas.
" [Drones] were constantly being used by some branch of
the response for some specific activity that could not have
been completed otherwise, " Pruitt says. As a former firefighter,
he says it was one of the first disasters he'd seen
with such a large number of unmanned aircraft and so many
uses on display.
The events of Surfside are an example of the
growing role of science and technology (S&T)
in disaster response. Across North America,
different stakeholders in S&T are integrating
with disaster management teams to augment
preparedness, response and recovery efforts
where possible.
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