International. Drone Hopper, a Spanish company specialized in the design and manufacture of self-guided drones for the transport and directed sprinkler of liquids, presents a high-tech solution for firefighting.
The advanced technology of Drone Hopper makes its drone the best ally in firefighting. The design incorporates thermal sensors and a geo-location system that allow to locate the appropriate point for the extinction of the fire as well as the coordination of its action together with the fire teams.
Operation of the drone:
1. Ground mode. The drones are transported by land and take off from a position near the fire and then head towards the line of fire. Take-off is done from the refueling area near the fire, so it allows a very high number of operations in a very short time.
2. Air mode. The drones could also go on an aircraft so that they could be launched from a certain altitude always above the areas affected by the fire.
Once launched, the DRONE HOPPER drones use water mist as a key tool for extinguishing fires. In water mist the drop is lower and this allows the extinction efficiency to be greater; since the smaller the droplet size, the more space is covered.
The Drone Hopper drone is the result of years of research and specialization, as Pablo Flores, Founder and CEO of the company is an aeronautical engineer with extensive professional experience at Airbus. Pablo Flores highlights: "The Drone Hopper drone is an advance that will revolutionize firefighting work. The opportunities offered by technology are very wide and all of them are integrated into what will be the best ally of firefighters and ground teams. Drones are already being used in many tasks, but so far, there is no drone like the DRONE HOPPER; capable of transporting water mist at high speed along with all geo-location systems and cameras with night visibility."
In addition to being able to transport water mist at high speed directly to the focus of the fire, the Drone Hopper drone incorporates thermal and infrared camera systems, which allows them to act in conditions of little or no visibility. These cameras emit images in real time, this allows an improvement in the coordination of ground fire assistance equipment. These images can also be used for the study of the focus of the fire, and elaboration of fire patterns. In this way, emergency work can be anticipated to avoid the expansion of an existing fire, and the appearance of new fires.
