Summary Reader's Response Draft #3
According to “Drones Take Their Place on the Cutting the Edge of Wildfire'' (Patterson, 2021), though lifesaving backpack technology, such as drones are not new, they are not as accessible to firefighters. Therefore, professors at Georgia State University aim to develop better drones to fight wildfires more accessible. Their drone, named KHawk, is designed to fly autonomously with ground control while transmitting weather data, including forecasts of where the flames will spread next. The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) started flying drone missions in 2010 with about 200 total flights. DOI plans to expand the drone fleet mission and begin the first use of UAS for aerial ignition operations. The main concept of using the intentional ignition approach is to set a fire which burns back towards the main fire line, ultimately depriving the main fire line of adequate fuel to go forward, starving the flames, and putting them out. Drone Amplified, a company based in Lincoln, Nebras...