Entries by Miguel Vasquez

DFR and the 911 gap – What you may be overlooking when considering a Drone as First Responder program

A simplistic definition of DFR is a system of pre-positioned drones that respond immediately to emergencies. DFR’s primary goals are to arrive before ground units and to provide first responders with a birds-eye view of an incident. In this respect, the drone is an extension or avatar for an experienced incident manager/commander (IC), and fundamentally […]

FULLERTON DRONE LAB PARTNERS WITH FULLERTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FLYING LION TO PROVIDE DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER SERVICE FOR CITY OF FULLERTON

In an effort to serve the community and gain real-world training, the Fullerton College Drone Lab has partnered with Flying Lion Inc., and Fullerton Police Department to provide drone as first responder service for the city. Fullerton College drone students, in the Hornet Drone Piloting Apprenticeship Program, will maintain and help launch uncrewed aerial vehicles […]

SMPD DFR Program – KPCC.ORG

Police Departments Are Starting To Use Drones As First Responders – How Is It Working So Far? Drone technically and use has evolved rapidly. Police departments quickly found uses for the technology and some over recent years have even started using the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as first responders in a way. The Santa Monica […]

Flying Lion, Serving Those Who Serve

Flying Lion is grateful for many things this past year:Flying Lion would like to thank our amazing pilot team who take such good care of our customers.Flying Lion would like to thank our partners for providing the systems that enable us to create true value to our customers.Flying Lion would like to thank our customers […]

Unmanned Nordic Conference 2022 Speaking

Our President, Barry Brennan is currently braving a Norwegian snow storm and will be discussing our Drone as First Responders (DFR) operations and operational details at the Unmanned Nordic Conference (UNC 2022) in Kristiansand, Norway. Flying Lion, Inc. (FLI) is honored to be representing the new DRONERESPONDERS / UAS Norway partnership with Lieutenant Abrem Ayana Thank you Anders Martinsen for the invitation!

Another Huge DFR Milestone

It has been 2 and one half years since Flying Lion partnered with Chula Vista Police Department to help expand their Drone as First Responder (DFR). Not only did we help expand their World Class DFR program we were able to learn first-hand the best practices of this program and made it Flying Lion’s mission to […]