MINEOLA
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
-Identify hotspots
-Direct master stream operations
-Confirm extension of fire
-Identify trouble with roof motors and HVAC units
-Body searches
Pre-Planning & Maps
-Mineola's Drone Response Team has been operational since 2020
-It has been a long time in the making•Made up of 26 FAA licensed pilots and many more visual observers
-Available for mutual aid assignment 24 hours per day with a simple request through Firecom
-Response vehicle with DRT equipment and pilots respond to your scene
-Remote viewing is established at your Command Post and off site if needed
-Primary aircraft is the Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual, a visible and a radiometric thermal imaging device
-Access to other aircraft as needed to accomplish the mission
-Much cheaper to operate than conventional aviation units
-Pre-plan frequent locations
-Create aerial photos to use when planning rig placement
-Create up-to-date mapping that you can’t get with Google
-Share maps with CAD or in-vehicle software
-Track construction progress
Thermal Imagery
-Aerial views of the roof
-Visibility to the “3” side
-Coordinate apparatus placement
-Plan and spot water source issues
-Locate other ingress and egress for apparatus