The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) - of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht - has announced plans to manage the risk of wildfires through drone technology. The NPWS will work with Coillte, Ireland’s largest commercial forestry company, to help combat the spread of wildfires .
This pilot is the first of its kind, and will initially be rolled out in the Wicklow Mountains. It comes after an Orange fire warning (the third highest of four warning levels) was issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine earlier this week, and will remain in place until Sunday 19th May with more warnings expected during the summer months ahead. If the pilot intiative is successful both NPWS and Coillte will look to roll out this technology in other areas.
5 июн 2019