Solutions · Emergency response

The first view of the scene

Firefighters, rescue services and civil-protection teams need an overview before they commit people. KEA is developing emergency applications on its autonomy platform, together with the services that would use them.

Potential applications

These applications are in development or research. We state this clearly because emergency services need reliability, not promises.

Firefighting assistance

Thermal reconnaissance of structures and wildland fires, hotspot mapping, spread monitoring.

In development

Search & rescue

Systematic search patterns with thermal and optical person detection over terrain and water.

In development

Disaster assessment

Rapid mapping after storms, floods or landslides to prioritise access and resources.

In development

Rapid situational awareness

Launch-on-alert flights providing a live overview to incident command within minutes.

Research

Payload transportation

Delivery of small emergency payloads such as radios, medication or flotation devices.

Research

Multi-drone support

Several drones covering search areas or relaying communications cooperatively.

Research

Stylised thermal image with hotspots

Thermal hotspot mapping · illustration

Developed with the people who respond

Emergency use cases are defined together with fire brigades, rescue organisations and civil-protection authorities. We look for partners who want to evaluate autonomous aerial support in exercises before it is used in real incidents.

Let’s talk about your fields, your site or your mission.

Tell our engineering team what you need to see from the air. We will be honest about what works today, what we are testing and what is still research.