Description du projet
Intégrer des drones dans la lutte contre les incendies
Les efforts déployés par les pompiers et les équipes de sécurité publique dans les situations d’urgence telles que les incendies de bâtiments et les missions de secours requièrent un soutien aérien pour obtenir des informations d’appréciation de la situation. Les drones sont essentiels, mais leurs capacités sont limitées, car leur durée de vol est réduite, leurs utilisateurs peuvent potentiellement faire des erreurs et leur sécurité se trouve limitée en survolant des zones urbaines. Le projet Fotokite, financé par l’UE, propose un nouvel instrument augmentant l’appréciation aérienne de la situation par le biais de services d’information. Les systèmes d’aéronefs sans pilote connectés de Fotokite peuvent être lancés indépendamment à partir des véhicules d’incendie et fournir des informations thermiques et visuelles en direct aux équipes intervenant sur le terrain. Ce système se compose d’un matériel vendu aux clients avec une souscription annuelle de contrat de service.
Objectif
Fotokite aims to provide firefighting and public safety teams with a new tool to safely and easily access aerial situational awareness information to help in their mission to save lives and preserve property. Fotokite has developed a vehicle-integrated and tethered UAV technology to deliver mission-critical information to firefighters during emergency response situations. Use of drones at the exploration of emergency zones is limited due to safety, regulatory, and technical capabilities. Drones that are piloted manually are prone to user error, unsafe in cities and around crowds of people, and do not scale operationally. Flight time is also a fundamental limitation, as free flying systems are generally limited to 20-30 minutes of flight time. Despite these disadvantages, traditional drones are increasingly used to improve Public Safety team operations.
Fotokite’s tethered UAV systems can be launched from the fire trucks autonomously, with the single push of a button. Fotokite systems fly themselves and stream live thermal + visual video to firefighters on the ground, providing mission-critical situational awareness to help lifesaving operations.
Fotokite has immediately created a substantial demand, proven by strong customer feedback and significant market uptake. Fotokite systems have successfully been implemented in live fire responses, search & rescue missions, and training exercises to help firefighting teams.
Revenue is generated by selling hardware systems for an upfront cost plus an annual service contract subscription, which includes dedicated support, remote data accessibility for teams, and secure data management services. The requested grant is needed to develop scaled-up manufacturing processes and significantly accelerate market introduction with this game-changing technology. Successful and wide-scale implementation will help improve the safety of firefighting and public safety teams and increase effectiveness on public lifesaving operations.
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SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinateur
8005 ZURICH
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L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.