Heckuva Job
2013-09-16 22:43:53.60311+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Falcon UAV disaster mapping efforts in Colorado grounded by FEMA. They were coordinating with the Boulder County Emergency Operations Center:
Falcon UAV would like to thank the Boulder County EOC and specifically Allen Bishop and Michael Chard (while they were running operations) for their common sense approach to drone operations, working to coordinate the airspace, as well as embracing this technology to help support the recovery effort. In contrast we are very disappointed in FEMAs response to actively prevent the use of UAVs and drone technology when these services were offered for free and at a time when manned helicopters could be used for more critical missions such as evacuations and high mountain search and rescues in inaccessible communities.