FIRE & RESCUE
ENHANCE YOUR FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS
Thermal-equipped UAS have become a powerful tool in modern firefighting, giving teams reliable overhead visibility through smoke, darkness, fog, or haze.
Real-time Remote Monitoring
Live drone feeds stream directly to the Incident Command Post and remote operations centers. This enables commanders and stakeholders to monitor fire behavior, hazards, and progress in real time, improving decision-making without adding risk to on-scene personnel.
Size Up
IRIS Network provides rapid aerial overviews during initial fire incidents, delivering real-time visuals of fire scope, spread patterns, and immediate hazards. This overhead perspective helps incident commanders quickly assess the situation and allocate resources more effectively from the start.
Personnel Accountability
Thermal and visual feeds from IRIS drones assist command in tracking firefighter positions and safety during active operations. The aerial view improves accountability in low-visibility or complex scenes, supporting faster response to mayday situations while ground teams remain the primary focus.
Hotspot Detection
IRIS Network’s thermal imaging penetrates smoke and darkness to locate hidden embers and smoldering areas that could lead to rekindles. This capability allows suppression crews to target hotspots precisely, reducing rework and enhancing overall containment efforts.
Overhaul Support
During overhaul, thermal-capable UAS detect residual heat signatures that may not be visible on the ground. This helps crews confirm complete suppression, minimize unnecessary exposure, and ensure safer mop-up operations.
Fire-Mapping
IRIS Network generates accurate aerial maps of fire perimeters and progression, providing incident command with clear, up-to-date boundary data. This supports strategic planning, resource placement, and communication across the response.
APPLICATIONS
WILDFIRE MONITORING & HOTSPOT DETECTION
In wildland fires, drones conduct rapid perimeter scans and thermal mapping to identify smoldering hotspots, track fire progression, and assess wind-driven spread. Real-time infrared feeds penetrate smoke to reveal active edges and hidden embers, enabling crews to focus suppression where it's needed most and prevent rekindles. Services include Size Up (quick aerial assessment of scope and hazards) and Fire-Mapping (precise perimeters and spread patterns). Pre- and post-mission orthomosaics support planning and damage assessment.
STRUCTURAL & BUILDING FIRES
For urban or industrial structure fires, drones deliver elevated perspectives for immediate aerial size-up, evaluating roof integrity, locating trapped individuals or pets through thermal signatures, and spotting hidden fire extension in walls/ceilings. High-resolution RGB feeds provide 360-degree perimeter views to identify fire spread, structural vulnerabilities, and access challenges. Thermal imaging sees through dense smoke for safe assessments, guiding ventilation, overhaul, and search operations without committing firefighters prematurely. Dual-sensor thermal imaging detects residual heat during Overhaul to prevent rekindles, overlaying data on digital maps for targeted suppression and reduced overhaul times.
HAZMAT & CHEMICAL INCIDENTS
In hazardous material releases, thermal drones monitor vapor plumes, detect heat differentials indicating chemical reactions, and map affected areas from a safe standoff distance. This supports plume tracking, evacuation zoning, and resource staging while minimizing exposure for hazmat teams—integrating seamlessly with ICS for coordinated multi-agency response. Additional capabilities include Personnel Accounting (aerial tracking of crew safety and location) and Fire Risk Assessment (2D/3D orthomosaic terrain mapping for preventative evaluations).
IRIS NETWORK
INTEGRATED REAL-TIME INCIDENT SUPPORT
Fire departments and public safety agencies may be able to gain access to these thermal-capable drone services at far below standard rates by applying to the IRIS Network. IRIS connects qualifying responders with certified pilots for on-demand support, helping you enhance operations without the burden of an internal UAS program.