Gene Robinson, the “grandfather of search and rescue drone
operations” sat down with Pix4D to discuss the view from aerial SAR.
For over a decade, Gene
Robinson has been a leading expert in drones for search and rescue.
Robinson sat down with Pix4D’s Angad Singh, to discuss all things aerial.
Pix4D: Thank you for agreeing to talk to us today, Gene!
Let’s begin at the beginning: What is search and rescue?
Robinson: Search and Rescue - SAR - is a service that
is provided across Public Safety agencies. It has historically been the purview
of fire departments, but now a team can be made up of specialists within a
municipal police department, or a county sheriff’s department or even an Office
of Emergency Management, or OEM, at the county level.
The emergence of private SAR teams such as TEXSAR and Texas Equusearch in the
United States, has bolstered the capabilities of any local agency requiring
that skill set or expertise they may not have. Additionally, because private
SAR organizations are operated on donations, they may specialize in a certain
field such as drones, boats, dogs, or foot searchers that utilize the latest of
technologies to perform searches. Read
the complete interview here
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