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Tag: UAV

UAV Exemption myths

By Michael Coyle Posted on 18/05/2016 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with technology, UAV
UAV Exemption myths

Where you can and can’t fly your UAV under the Transport Canada sub-2kg exemption for commercial use.

Update on UAV use for SAR in British Columbia

By Michael Coyle Posted on 07/01/2016 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with technology, UAV
Update on UAV use for SAR in British Columbia
Not a UAV, right Peter?

The following clarification on the use of UAVs was issued by Emergency Management BC a few weeks ago; it has important implications for SAR teams considering using UAVs. This is a significant development on project I’ve been working on for the past few …

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UAV use cases for SAR

By Michael Coyle Posted on 27/01/2015 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with SAR, tech, technology, UAV
UAV use cases for SAR
a UAV from Kaizen Kinetics Inc.

Some musings on use cases for UAVs in Search and Rescue, the result of a few years thinking about the topic.

UAV Operations for Canadian SAR Teams

By Michael Coyle Posted on 16/07/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with Regulations, SAR, UAV
UAV Operations for Canadian SAR Teams

UAV operations for SAR teams in Canada; bottom line is amateur operators cannot fly for Search and Rescue

Uses for UAVs in SAR

By Michael Coyle Posted on 10/07/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with communications, tech, technology, UAV
Uses for UAVs in SAR

Some proposed uses for UAVs in SAR based on a year of consulting experts, feel free to contribute to this conversation.

UAV Regulations

By Michael Coyle Posted on 12/05/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with regulation, UAV
UAV Regulations
QuadCopter UAV

UAV regulations that ban their use are worse than nothing because people are going to fly them anyway. Common sense regulations need to be put in place.

Avalanche Journal Article on UAVs in SAR

By Michael Coyle Posted on 01/03/2014 Posted in Short Posts Tagged with avalanche, journal, UAV

A link to my article in the Canadian Avalanche Association’s publication, The Avalanche Journal

SAR in BC for UAV operators

By Michael Coyle Posted on 13/01/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with emergency management, ICS, incident command system, management, SAR, technology, UAV
SAR in BC for UAV operators

Some resources on how Search and Rescue works in British Columbia for UAV operators.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: the basics

By Michael Coyle Posted on 08/01/2014 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with SAR, technology, UAV, video
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: the basics
QuadCopter UAV

Some basic facts about the operational use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Search and Rescue in Canada, and in BC

Unmanned Systems Canada

By Michael Coyle Posted on 14/11/2013 Posted in Blog Entry, Short Posts Tagged with SAR, technology, UAV
Unmanned Systems Canada
QuadCopter UAV

I presented at the Unmanned Systems Canada conference in Vancouver on the operational use of UAVs for Search and Rescue.

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