Orting, WA Police Department uses a heat-detecting drone during rescue operations

Orting, WA heat-detecting drone police rescue operations

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The Orting Police Department (OPD) uses a drone equipped with a Forward Looking InfraRed (FLIR) system, which can detect temperature variations, to help with police and rescue operations. The drone displays a variety of colors, making it easy for officers to detect living or inanimate things. The OPD uses the drone with the FLIR system no more than ten times per year. Officers have to get certified and have a remote pilot's license from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Public Safety Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)Emergency Services Surveillance

Orting, WA

Municipality in Washington

United States

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Drone Program | City of Orting

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Heat-Detecting Drone Joins Orting, Wash., Police Department

Orting Police Department's drone is equipped with a Forward Looking InfraRed (FLIR) system, which can detect temperature variations. The tool is useful for both police and rescue operations, officials say.

Heat-Detecting Drone Joins Orting, Wash., Police Department - Pinocchio News

(TNS) — There's a tool Orting police officers have that not many Pierce County police departments do.

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