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Georgetown County public-safety teams describe expanding drone use for searches, damage assessment and building clears
Summary
Midway Fire Rescue and the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office described how thermal and indoor drones aid search-and-rescue, storm damage assessment and high‑risk building clears; officials said operators must hold FAA Part 107 authorization and the departments plan a broader software rollout to stream live feeds to multiple responders.
Public-safety officials on Nov. 1 told First Friday that drones have become a routine tool for search and rescue, storm damage assessments and reducing risk to personnel during high‑hazard operations.
Chief Brett McClellan of Midway Fire Rescue said drones speed locating missing people in ocean, river and wooded-area searches: “The quicker we can get these drones up, it just gives us another eye from the sky,” he said. Officials described using…
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