Summary Reader's Response Draft #1
Drones can detect hotspots for wildfire, start ‘back fire’ and helps with recovery of the forest.
Trees block the vision of the people and drones with sensors are able to capture images of the smoke from above the forest for early detection of the fire. First of all it can detect the location of the fire. Then it can track the direction of the fire. How fast the data is sent to the fire manager is more important than the quality of the data. Hence, drones should be always ready. Detecting fire early will limit the damage done to the forest. Air reconnaissance helps to eliminate subjectivity in such judgements and to rank the individual sites in relation to the others. Drones are cheaper than manned aircraft.
Drones are more efficient than other methods of fire fighting. Compared to helicopters, airplanes and fire trucks, drones have better mobility as they can move in any direction without any difficulties. Moreover, the drones are flying in the sky hence it is not blocked by the trees. As the drones fly higher, they will have a better vision of the whole situation. Drones are also more cost efficient compared to the rest. Drone costs less than half of the price of any manned aircraft. It also does not put anyone’s life in danger to save the fire. This allows more people to be able to use drones to fight fire.
With the help of drones, people can collect data of the forest to examine the condition of the area. This can help the locals to ensure that they can start with the recovery of the forest by planting seeds to the area. Drones play a crucial role in this as they fly around quickly with the seed and with the usage of sensors and artificial intelligence, they will calculate the most efficient way of planting the seeds.
However, the usage of drones is limited as not everyone knows how to use drones. In Singapore, one needs to have a license to fly drones. Moreover, drones might not be accessible to everyone. In the rural area, people might not even be able to afford drones. They can only depend on the local government.
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