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Predator Saves Lives in Support of Rim Fire Disaster Relief Efforts

2013-09-26 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Airborne Imagery Invaluable for Expanding Firefighter Situational Awareness<br /> <br /> SAN DIEGO – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, today announced that a MQ-1 Predator® RPA successfully supported firefighters in their efforts to contain California's Rim Fire, marking another instance of using Predator-class RPA for disaster relief in ...This story is related to the following:Vision SystemsOptics and Photonics Sponsored by: OFS Specialty Photonics Div - OFS Cat Sponsor for Vert Banner replacementMilitary Airborne Video Recorders | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) | Airborne Video Surveillance Systems | Infrared Remote Systems |

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Be Ready! Prepare Your 72-Hour Disaster Supplies Kit

2013-09-23 17:57:49| PortlandOnline

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Search narrows for missing in Colorado flood disaster

2013-09-21 00:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Disaster teams in flood-ravaged foothills of Colorado narrowed their search on Friday for 82 people still unaccounted for a week and a half after torrential rains began, and officials said some of the missing would most likely be added to the death toll. The search was focused in Larimer County, an epicenter of flooding that swept the eastern slopes of the Rockies and prairie farmlands downstream, causing property losses across 17 counties estimated at $2 billion, including the destruction of...

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