The maritime & coastguard agency (mca) and the royal national lifeboat institution (rnli) ran a special event to test the use of drones. The independent lifeboat service at caister, near great yarmouth, norfolk, has got a fleet of drones fitted with lights and cameras which feed live video footage back to screens. The drones are currently in a testing phase.
A lifeboat crew operating off the shore of caister in norfolk, england has recently turned to drones in order to improve the team’s efficiency in search and rescue missions. Each one is fitted with lights and cameras that can rely live video back to the crew. Drone expert peter king, who is supporting the lifeboat team at caister, said using the drone as an eye in the sky was like having multiple coastguard helicopters up at the.
The drones they are currently testing are. This is why a lifeboat service located in norfolk, england, thinks that drones could be very useful in search and rescue missions.