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Insitu & Overwatch Imaging Collaborates For Wildfire Management

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Bingen, Wash.-based Insitu, a subsidiary of The Boeing Co., has collaborated with Hood River, Ore.-based Overwatch Imaging. The motive behind the partnership is to integrate a customized TK-5 Firewatch smart tactical mapping payload from Overwatch onto Insitus ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system.

Insitu is committed to supporting fire managers and emergency response coordinates by safely and efficiently providing time-critical information, says Mark Bauman, Vice-President of Insitu Commercial for the Americas.

As per the companies, the Firewatch-equipped ScanEagle will be providing real-time fire line maps and wide-area, high-resolution imagery intelligence for wildfire management and other applications. Plus, the TK-5 payload will autonomously collect the images and analyze that imagery in real time on-board by using GPU-accelerated processors.

https://medium.com/@deepaerodrones/insitu-overwatch-imaging-collaborates-for-wildfire-management-ea38eaa398

This will greatly help in assessing wildfires in forest and mountains. A clearer view of the wildfire is really helpful in responding and providing emergency response when needed.

having drones to assist a wild fire situation puts the fire respondents to safety, the drone can survey the area very well and guide the fire respondents on how to plan and best approach the situation.

Drones saves more time in covering a scene and navigating the area. Time is very important in situations like wildfire, it is important that fire be extinguish as soon as possible to prevent further damage to different areas.