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Balcerzak, Tomasz (Lazarski University), Jasiuk, Ewa (Lazarski University), Fellner, Andrzej (Silesian University of Technology), Feltynowski, Mariusz (The Main School of Fire Service)

The Polish Perspective of Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems in International Firefighting and Crisis Management Missions - Legal and Technological Analysis

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "Manned/Unmanned Aviation and UAS Testbeds" (FrD1), Friday, June 18, 2021, 17:20−17:40, Macedonia Hall

2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 15-18, 2021, Athens, Greece

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on March 29, 2024

Keywords Air Vehicle Operations, Manned/Unmanned Aviation, Technology Challenges

Abstract

The subject of using UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) in extinguishing activities during large-scale forest fires is described in the scientific literature. For example, the Web of Science service for the period 1990-2018 recorded 308 publications related to UAV and forest fires. These are mainly analyzes and studies on remote fire detection, monitoring, mapping, architecture and technology integration.

There is a noticeable growing interest of researchers in the subject of using machine learning to detect and predict the spread of fires using unmanned aerial vehicles. At the same time, analyzes are carried out on the ad-hoc creation of local data networks using drones or drones as an element of the Internet of Things (IoT). In the operational context, concepts and solutions such as water transfer and extinguishing with UAV are only being tested.

Another important challenge is that current firefighting civil aviation regulations only allow firefighting manned aircrafts to operate between first and last flight due to safety concerns for pilots, limiting the operation time to an average of 12 hours, which leads to many fires reactivating at night.

There are many initiatives around the world to convince the international community about the rightness of using unmanned aerial vehicles in international firefighting and crisis management missions. However, there are too few initiatives aimed at issuing relevant legal provisions in this area.

 

 

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