Drone in the way of firefighter helicopter

Maybe it's time to deploy jammers on the drone frequency band when aerial firefighting is underway.
 
People never cease to amaze me with the amount of stupidity they can contain.

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The ignorant know-it-alls in the comments section of that Web page are sure annoying.
 
Catalo said:
People never cease to amaze me with the amount of stupidity they can contain.

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Come work where I do. The "amazement" quickly wears off. The outrageous is expected, normalcy is the exception and, polite reasonableness is a pleasant surprise.
 
wilkersk said:
Come work where I do. The "amazement" quickly wears off. The outrageous is expected, normalcy is the exception and, polite reasonableness is a pleasant surprise.
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Nah, thanks for the invite but I'll pass. It's not even the drone being there it's people's comments about how they are just choosing not to save people because "news helicopters are there just fine".

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ateamer said:
Maybe it's time to deploy jammers on the drone frequency band when aerial firefighting is underway.
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That would be the 2.4GHz band, which is actually the band that pretty much every wireless device uses (bluetooth, wifi, etc). Not sure of the impact that would have on rescue/emergency crews.
 
Seems to me that making a 12-gauge required equipment on fire and rescue helicopters would solve the problem nicely.

Rich
 
Even if you jam, don't some of them have a "limp home" mode with their GPS? They'd still be a flight hazard, but at least you could follow them.
 
A few water drops on the drone would probably do the trick. Or arrest for interfering in the duties of a firefighter
 
I would venture a guess that 90% of drone operators are idiots who have no understanding of the damage they can do and the hazard they present to others. It was just a couple of weeks ago that another such idiot caused issues with firefighters up near Big Bear.

On a side note, I used to live in Rancho Cucamonga and work in Victorville and drove through the Cajon Pass every day.
 
On a side note, you have fire racing toward a highway how do you not close the highway?
 
EppyGA said:
On a side note, you have fire racing toward a highway how do you not close the highway?
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I think they did. That's why everyone was stopped. Fire probably didn't do what was forecast. They do that quite a bit.
 
I'd say the title of the article, "Firefighters can't save people in burning cars due to a stupid drone" is a tad on the sensational side. Did anybody die? Do people in burning cars actually wait for a helicopter to drop water on them?

Aside from that the incident once again points out that the drone flying community has an over abundance of idiots. The cat's out of the bag though and no amount of regulation is ever gonna get it back in there.
 
Silvaire said:
I'd say the title of the article, "Firefighters can't save people in burning cars due to a stupid drone" is a tad on the sensational side. Did anybody die? Do people in burning cars actually wait for a helicopter to drop water on them?

Aside from that the incident once again points out that the drone flying community has an over abundance of idiots. The cat's out of the bag though and no amount of regulation is ever gonna get it back in there.
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People were burned because the fires was not put out because of the drones. Does someone needs to die before you'd change your mind?
 
Wouldn't the rotor wash blow a drone away long before it hits the helicopter?
 
Criitter7 said:
Wouldn't the rotor wash blow a drone away long before it hits the helicopter?
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Wouldn't the outcome be drastically different if the approach angle were from above the rotor?
 
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