Thermal drone footage allowed Bentonville fire to focus on areas of significant damage
Thermal drone footage allowed Bentonville fire to focus on areas of significant damage
IT'S A TYPE OF DRONE, SIMILAR TO OUR 40/29 SKYVIEW, BUT it MEASURES HEAT SIGNATURES THROUGH A THERMAL CAMERA. CURRENTLY THE BENTONVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY IN HOUSE, SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT DRONE COMPANIES IN HOPES OF GETTING ONE in the budget by 2021. "If you have a fire of this magnitude, it's always best to get another set of eyes on what we're looking at." ANOTHER SET OF EYES AND A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE COMING AT A CRITICAL TIME. DRONE SPECIALISTS WITH UNMANNED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES HAD SCHEDULED A DEMONSTRATION WITH BENTONVILLE FIRE, WHEN THE INDUSTRIAL FIRE CALL CAME IN. "We were going to demonstrate the flying portion and saw the large cloud of smoke. At that point, some of the firefighters left to go there." (BUTTED) "They asked us if we could help, we said absolutely. Jumped in several vehicles, drove over close to the scene and deployed from there." THIS IS THERMAL VIDEO FROM UNMANNED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES. THE BRIGHTEST SPOTS SHOW THE FIRE BURNING TWO STORIES HIGH. THE DAMAGE LEFT OVER CAPTURED BY OUR OWN SKYVIEW DRONE THIS AFTERNOON. A MAJOR AREA OF CONCERN WAS A LARGE TANK FILLED WITH COMPRESSED GAS. "There are various negative outcomes when stuff like that can heat up, uh especially with the hazmat placards, we can indicate if there are volatile compounds in there, volatile chemicals, so we're able to provide them with that imagery so they could make a more informed decision on how to handle it." MAKING AN INITIAL SALES PITCH, AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN FIGHTING THE MASSIVE FIRE. "When you have an incident like happened yesterday, it's really humbling and you can kind of reflect upon that and definitely want to say thank you." THIS DRONE COMPANY HAS WORKED WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES IN ARKANSAS INCLUDING SPRINGDALE POLICE AND THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE. WHILE SOME LARGER DEPARTMENTS LIKE FAYETTEVILLE FIRE DO NOT USE THIS TECHNOLOGY. AS FAR AS THIS FIRE GOES, IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE WE KNOW THE CAUSE LIVE IN BENTONVILLE JAMIE WEISS 4029 NEWS.
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Thermal drone footage allowed Bentonville fire to focus on areas of significant damage
Unmanned vehicle technologies was giving demonstration ahead of large fire.
Unmanned vehicle technologies was giving demonstration ahead of large fire.
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