Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA Project)

Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA Project)

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Main Author: Charvat, Robert C.
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2012
Subjects:
Aerospace Materials
SIERRA
UAS
Systems Engineering
Unmanned Aerial System
Drone
UAV
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337888115
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin13378881152021-08-03T06:15:34Z Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA Project) Charvat, Robert C. Aerospace Materials SIERRA UAS Systems Engineering Unmanned Aerial System Drone UAV <p>Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) have proven their potential in wartime environments by providing an alternative to manned technologies that risk human life. UASs are able to perform in situations that are dangerous or undesirable to humans. Also, UASs allow for miniaturization of technologies previously used for these tasks, which provides higher task performance at a lower cost. By combining miniaturized technology platforms with already existing technologies from the public domain, this technology has proved to be beneficial to emergency management operations.</p><p>Wildland fires are a source of concern to emergency management organizations and, as a natural occurrence, will continue to be concern in the future. As the world's population continues to grow, and people continue to spread into more rural environments, wildland fires are an increasing risk to life and infrastructure. For many locations, these risks can be managed with prevention programs and risk mitigation strategies. Such methods of prevention and mitigation include pre-existing fire lines and management of flammable materials near infrastructure. However, in many locations the primary form of risk reduction is a proper response to fires. As fire size tends to grows in an exponential manner with time, a quick response is essential to combating disaster. Rapid action requires significant surveillance to support situational awareness. Technology that can provide this situational awareness would be a significant advancement over current manned aerial platforms.</p><p>The Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA) Project is aimed at partnering government, manufacturing, emergency response, and academic expertise to develop unmanned aerial systems for use in emergency management environments. The SIERRA Project focuses on three areas of this development: Potential application of this technology with current fire tactics at the operational level, current technology capabilities and systems engineering requirements for this type of system, and analysis of flight data of the Zephyr (a tactical UAS platform weighing less than 10 pounds). After this research is completed, it will allow for the introduction of research into the concept of a wildland fire agency air force. This allows wildland fire forces to have full fleet capability, which will revolutionize wildland fire response and the recommended requirements for the next generation of tactical UAS platforms.</p> 2012-09-27 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337888115 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337888115 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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language English
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topic Aerospace Materials
SIERRA
UAS
Systems Engineering
Unmanned Aerial System
Drone
UAV
spellingShingle Aerospace Materials
SIERRA
UAS
Systems Engineering
Unmanned Aerial System
Drone
UAV
Charvat, Robert C.
Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA Project)
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title Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA Project)
title_short Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA Project)
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title_fullStr Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA Project)
title_full_unstemmed Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA Project)
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