Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) has partnered with DroneResponders to help enhance UAS educational services and training programs for public safety organizations.

“Our partnership with NUAIR will help accelerate the adoption of UAS by first responders across New York State and beyond to help save lives and property,” says Charles Werner, director of DroneResponders and retired fire chief from Charlottesville, VA.

“Our DroneResponders Major Cities Working Group members will also be working closely with NUAIR to conduct research and testing on the use of public safety UAS in large urban and metropolitan areas.”

According to NUAIR, this new partnership with DroneResponders compliments its “NYFLY” program, which is a New York UAS public-private partnership program being developed to encourage state and local government operations to adopt UAS to help solve problems and increase effectiveness and efficiency of operations. 

The NYFLY program is open to all New York State agencies that want to enhance their operations with UAS, including public safety, the energy sector and environmental conservation, to name a few.

“NUAIR continues to enhance its services to New York State agencies, partnering with DroneResponders will help us within the public safety sector,” says Michael Hertzendorf, chief executive officer of NUAIR.

“NUAIR’s technological expertise, flight experience and training, paired with DroneResponders’ network of public safety officials and their specific needs, will help accelerate the adoption of drone technology in emergency response organizations.”

With public safety organizations continuing to realize the life-saving potential of drones, NUAIR and DroneResponders plan on addressing a variety of issues that organizations face when trying to integrate this technology into their operations, including the lack of educational activities, training, programs and awareness of useful drone technology.