Best Practices for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems for Floods Now Available!

Posted by Joan Quintana on Jun 21, 2018 at 8:10 am America/Chicago

With the extreme weather throughout the US, we’ve put together a 1-page just-in-time guide for public safety agencies capturing the 6 major recommendations for using sUAS during the response phase of the disaster. The guide is based on CRASAR’s deployment to four federally declared flooding events, including Hurricane Harvey, in the past 3 years for the Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management, Tangipahoa Parish Office of Emergency Management, Washington Parish Office of Emergency, and the American Red Cross. The guide also summarizes the 4 most frequent missions for floods. The purpose is to help emergency responders confidently and effectively incorporate small UAS into their flood response activities. There are more lessons learned than can fit on one page; so check out our 13 April, 2018, webinar link to the YouTube clip which goes into more detail and gives the quantitative evidence for the recommendations. Contact info@crasar.org if you are a public safety agency and need advice or assistance.