Search & Rescue
Qualified operators, everywhere.
Qualified operators, everywhere.
Qualified operators, everywhere.
Qualified operators, everywhere.
What we do
Building a Community of Drone Powered Search and Rescue Resources.
Hummingbird Drones™ has been engaged on search and rescue missions across British Columbia since 2016. In the realm of Search and Rescue missions, every challenge poses a unique hurdle.
From battling limited visibility during swift water rescues, to meticulous planning inherent to grid searches. These obstacles underscore the critical importance of cutting-edge tools and highly skilled teams to ensure success but above all, safeguard lives during missions.
How it works
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Call us.
Contact our dispatch number for 24/7 access to a drone search and rescue coordinator. 250-857-5411
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Call us.
Contact our dispatch number for 24/7 access to a drone search and rescue coordinator. 250-857-5411
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Call us.
Contact our dispatch number for 24/7 access to a drone search and rescue coordinator. 250-857-5411
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Call us.
Contact our dispatch number for 24/7 access to a drone search and rescue coordinator. 250-857-5411
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We help you understand how and if a drone can help in your search.
When funds and, more importantly time, is a limited resource we help you with an honest assessment of the value a drone team can provide your search effort.
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We help you understand how and if a drone can help in your search.
When funds and, more importantly time, is a limited resource we help you with an honest assessment of the value a drone team can provide your search effort.
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We help you understand how and if a drone can help in your search.
When funds and, more importantly time, is a limited resource we help you with an honest assessment of the value a drone team can provide your search effort.
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We help you understand how and if a drone can help in your search.
When funds and, more importantly time, is a limited resource we help you with an honest assessment of the value a drone team can provide your search effort.
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The nearest crew deploys immediately.
We have a network of drone operators around Western Canada that can deploy on short notice. Reducing travel time and increasing the odds of support arriving in the golden hour.
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The nearest crew deploys immediately.
We have a network of drone operators around Western Canada that can deploy on short notice. Reducing travel time and increasing the odds of support arriving in the golden hour.
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The nearest crew deploys immediately.
We have a network of drone operators around Western Canada that can deploy on short notice. Reducing travel time and increasing the odds of support arriving in the golden hour.
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The nearest crew deploys immediately.
We have a network of drone operators around Western Canada that can deploy on short notice. Reducing travel time and increasing the odds of support arriving in the golden hour.
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Continued Support.
Searching with a drone is more than just flying around looking through a camera. Data driven search based on the Lost Person Behaviour guide means the drone is looking in the highest probability areas first.
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Continued Support.
Searching with a drone is more than just flying around looking through a camera. Data driven search based on the Lost Person Behaviour guide means the drone is looking in the highest probability areas first.
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Continued Support.
Searching with a drone is more than just flying around looking through a camera. Data driven search based on the Lost Person Behaviour guide means the drone is looking in the highest probability areas first.
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Continued Support.
Searching with a drone is more than just flying around looking through a camera. Data driven search based on the Lost Person Behaviour guide means the drone is looking in the highest probability areas first.
Search Types
In the realm of Search and Rescue missions, every challenge—from negotiating rugged terrains to battling limited visibility during swift water rescues—poses a unique hurdle.
Night operations compound these complexities with reduced visibility and heightened fatigue risks. Rope rescues demand precision with secure anchor points, effective rope handling, and seamless communication amidst adverse weather conditions. Helicopter operations add further layers of complexity, from weather constraints to restricted communication and landing zones.
Then, there's the meticulous planning and resource demands inherent to grid searches across hazardous terrains and adverse weather scenarios. These obstacles underscore the critical importance of cutting-edge tools and highly skilled teams to not only ensure success but above all, safeguard lives during SAR missions.
Swift Water
Swift water rescues are fraught with unpredictable currents, submerged hazards, restricted access, and challenging weather conditions, requiring specialized skills. Hummingbird Drones offers the DJI M350 paired with the Zenmuse H20T thermal imaging camera to address these challenges. This advanced drone detects heat signatures, delivers aerial perspectives, accesses remote areas, and enhances search operations. With thermal imaging technology, our drones facilitate swift and accurate rescues, ensuring safer and more successful operations in complex water environments.
Hasty Search
Conducting hasty searches presents a range of challenges, from navigating rough terrains to dealing with limited visibility and communication issues, as well as ensuring the safety of SAR teams. Hummingbird Drones deploys the DJI M350 drone, equipped with the Zenmuse H20N and H20T cameras, to overcome these obstacles. Our drones swiftly cover difficult terrains, enhance visibility in adverse weather, ensure comprehensive search coverage, and improve communication among team members, significantly reducing risks. By delivering high-resolution visuals and superior situational awareness, we enable teams to navigate terrains effectively and spot targets efficiently during critical, time-sensitive searches.
Rope Access
Rope rescues demand secure anchor points, effective rope management, clear communication, and reliability in varied weather conditions. Hummingbird Drones introduces the DJI M350 drone, integrated with the Zenmuse H20N camera, to support these missions. Our drones perform aerial assessments, bolster team communication, and operate efficiently in diverse weather scenarios. By offering a safe and efficient alternative for rope rescues, our drones minimize risks, improve mission effectiveness, and aid decision-making in challenging conditions.
Infrared
Nighttime rescues are hindered by reduced visibility, navigation challenges, equipment reliability concerns, and fatigue issues. Hummingbird Drones equips the DJI M350 drone with powerful lighting systems and the Zenmuse H20T thermal imaging camera to enhance these operations. Our drones improve visibility, assist in navigation, and ensure successful night missions. By providing clear visuals and thermal data, our technology enables rapid subject identification, thereby enhancing safety and improving mission outcomes during nocturnal operations.
Grid Search
Executing grid searches requires meticulous planning, resource optimization, time efficiency, and adaptability to weather conditions. Hummingbird Drones presents the DJI M350 drone with advanced camera systems for these tasks. Our drones cover extensive search areas efficiently, provide detailed aerial views, and conduct comprehensive searches in challenging terrains. By minimizing risk exposure, enhancing search effectiveness, and streamlining operations, our drones transform grid search capabilities, ensuring safer and more effective search and rescue missions across diverse environments.
Swift Water
Swift water rescues are fraught with unpredictable currents, submerged hazards, restricted access, and challenging weather conditions, requiring specialized skills. Hummingbird Drones offers the DJI M350 paired with the Zenmuse H20T thermal imaging camera to address these challenges. This advanced drone detects heat signatures, delivers aerial perspectives, accesses remote areas, and enhances search operations. With thermal imaging technology, our drones facilitate swift and accurate rescues, ensuring safer and more successful operations in complex water environments.
Hasty Search
Conducting hasty searches presents a range of challenges, from navigating rough terrains to dealing with limited visibility and communication issues, as well as ensuring the safety of SAR teams. Hummingbird Drones deploys the DJI M350 drone, equipped with the Zenmuse H20N and H20T cameras, to overcome these obstacles. Our drones swiftly cover difficult terrains, enhance visibility in adverse weather, ensure comprehensive search coverage, and improve communication among team members, significantly reducing risks. By delivering high-resolution visuals and superior situational awareness, we enable teams to navigate terrains effectively and spot targets efficiently during critical, time-sensitive searches.
Rope Access
Rope rescues demand secure anchor points, effective rope management, clear communication, and reliability in varied weather conditions. Hummingbird Drones introduces the DJI M350 drone, integrated with the Zenmuse H20N camera, to support these missions. Our drones perform aerial assessments, bolster team communication, and operate efficiently in diverse weather scenarios. By offering a safe and efficient alternative for rope rescues, our drones minimize risks, improve mission effectiveness, and aid decision-making in challenging conditions.
Infrared
Nighttime rescues are hindered by reduced visibility, navigation challenges, equipment reliability concerns, and fatigue issues. Hummingbird Drones equips the DJI M350 drone with powerful lighting systems and the Zenmuse H20T thermal imaging camera to enhance these operations. Our drones improve visibility, assist in navigation, and ensure successful night missions. By providing clear visuals and thermal data, our technology enables rapid subject identification, thereby enhancing safety and improving mission outcomes during nocturnal operations.
Grid Search
Executing grid searches requires meticulous planning, resource optimization, time efficiency, and adaptability to weather conditions. Hummingbird Drones presents the DJI M350 drone with advanced camera systems for these tasks. Our drones cover extensive search areas efficiently, provide detailed aerial views, and conduct comprehensive searches in challenging terrains. By minimizing risk exposure, enhancing search effectiveness, and streamlining operations, our drones transform grid search capabilities, ensuring safer and more effective search and rescue missions across diverse environments.
Swift Water
Swift water rescues are fraught with unpredictable currents, submerged hazards, restricted access, and challenging weather conditions, requiring specialized skills. Hummingbird Drones offers the DJI M350 paired with the Zenmuse H20T thermal imaging camera to address these challenges. This advanced drone detects heat signatures, delivers aerial perspectives, accesses remote areas, and enhances search operations. With thermal imaging technology, our drones facilitate swift and accurate rescues, ensuring safer and more successful operations in complex water environments.
Hasty Search
Conducting hasty searches presents a range of challenges, from navigating rough terrains to dealing with limited visibility and communication issues, as well as ensuring the safety of SAR teams. Hummingbird Drones deploys the DJI M350 drone, equipped with the Zenmuse H20N and H20T cameras, to overcome these obstacles. Our drones swiftly cover difficult terrains, enhance visibility in adverse weather, ensure comprehensive search coverage, and improve communication among team members, significantly reducing risks. By delivering high-resolution visuals and superior situational awareness, we enable teams to navigate terrains effectively and spot targets efficiently during critical, time-sensitive searches.
Rope Access
Rope rescues demand secure anchor points, effective rope management, clear communication, and reliability in varied weather conditions. Hummingbird Drones introduces the DJI M350 drone, integrated with the Zenmuse H20N camera, to support these missions. Our drones perform aerial assessments, bolster team communication, and operate efficiently in diverse weather scenarios. By offering a safe and efficient alternative for rope rescues, our drones minimize risks, improve mission effectiveness, and aid decision-making in challenging conditions.
Infrared
Nighttime rescues are hindered by reduced visibility, navigation challenges, equipment reliability concerns, and fatigue issues. Hummingbird Drones equips the DJI M350 drone with powerful lighting systems and the Zenmuse H20T thermal imaging camera to enhance these operations. Our drones improve visibility, assist in navigation, and ensure successful night missions. By providing clear visuals and thermal data, our technology enables rapid subject identification, thereby enhancing safety and improving mission outcomes during nocturnal operations.
Grid Search
Executing grid searches requires meticulous planning, resource optimization, time efficiency, and adaptability to weather conditions. Hummingbird Drones presents the DJI M350 drone with advanced camera systems for these tasks. Our drones cover extensive search areas efficiently, provide detailed aerial views, and conduct comprehensive searches in challenging terrains. By minimizing risk exposure, enhancing search effectiveness, and streamlining operations, our drones transform grid search capabilities, ensuring safer and more effective search and rescue missions across diverse environments.
Swift Water
Swift water rescues are fraught with unpredictable currents, submerged hazards, restricted access, and challenging weather conditions, requiring specialized skills. Hummingbird Drones offers the DJI M350 paired with the Zenmuse H20T thermal imaging camera to address these challenges. This advanced drone detects heat signatures, delivers aerial perspectives, accesses remote areas, and enhances search operations. With thermal imaging technology, our drones facilitate swift and accurate rescues, ensuring safer and more successful operations in complex water environments.
Hasty Search
Conducting hasty searches presents a range of challenges, from navigating rough terrains to dealing with limited visibility and communication issues, as well as ensuring the safety of SAR teams. Hummingbird Drones deploys the DJI M350 drone, equipped with the Zenmuse H20N and H20T cameras, to overcome these obstacles. Our drones swiftly cover difficult terrains, enhance visibility in adverse weather, ensure comprehensive search coverage, and improve communication among team members, significantly reducing risks. By delivering high-resolution visuals and superior situational awareness, we enable teams to navigate terrains effectively and spot targets efficiently during critical, time-sensitive searches.
Rope Access
Rope rescues demand secure anchor points, effective rope management, clear communication, and reliability in varied weather conditions. Hummingbird Drones introduces the DJI M350 drone, integrated with the Zenmuse H20N camera, to support these missions. Our drones perform aerial assessments, bolster team communication, and operate efficiently in diverse weather scenarios. By offering a safe and efficient alternative for rope rescues, our drones minimize risks, improve mission effectiveness, and aid decision-making in challenging conditions.
Infrared
Nighttime rescues are hindered by reduced visibility, navigation challenges, equipment reliability concerns, and fatigue issues. Hummingbird Drones equips the DJI M350 drone with powerful lighting systems and the Zenmuse H20T thermal imaging camera to enhance these operations. Our drones improve visibility, assist in navigation, and ensure successful night missions. By providing clear visuals and thermal data, our technology enables rapid subject identification, thereby enhancing safety and improving mission outcomes during nocturnal operations.
Grid Search
Executing grid searches requires meticulous planning, resource optimization, time efficiency, and adaptability to weather conditions. Hummingbird Drones presents the DJI M350 drone with advanced camera systems for these tasks. Our drones cover extensive search areas efficiently, provide detailed aerial views, and conduct comprehensive searches in challenging terrains. By minimizing risk exposure, enhancing search effectiveness, and streamlining operations, our drones transform grid search capabilities, ensuring safer and more effective search and rescue missions across diverse environments.
Need immediate help?
Call us.
250-857-5411
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Contact our dispatch number for 24/7 access to a drone search and rescue coordinator.
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Hummingbird Drones’ involvement in our search and rescue operations has helped us to operate more efficiently and safely. They cover a lot of area really quickly and their experience working within the Incident Command System has proven invaluable.
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Alan Hobler
_Manager, Kamloops Search and Rescue
Hummingbird Drones’ involvement in our search and rescue operations has helped us to operate more efficiently and safely. They cover a lot of area really quickly and their experience working within the Incident Command System has proven invaluable.
Alan Hobler
_Manager, Kamloops Search and Rescue
Hummingbird Drones’ involvement in our search and rescue operations has helped us to operate more efficiently and safely. They cover a lot of area really quickly and their experience working within the Incident Command System has proven invaluable.
Alan Hobler
_Manager, Kamloops Search and Rescue
Hummingbird Drones’ involvement in our search and rescue operations has helped us to operate more efficiently and safely. They cover a lot of area really quickly and their experience working within the Incident Command System has proven invaluable.
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Alan Hobler
_Manager, Kamloops Search and Rescue
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Are drones capable of operating at night or in low-visibility conditions?
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What kind of equipment do your drones use for search and rescue missions?
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How long can drones stay in the air during a search operation?
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Are drones more effective than traditional search methods?
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What types of environments are drones useful in for SAR operations?
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Are drones capable of operating at night or in low-visibility conditions?
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What kind of equipment do your drones use for search and rescue missions?
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How long can drones stay in the air during a search operation?
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Are drones more effective than traditional search methods?
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What types of environments are drones useful in for SAR operations?
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Are drones capable of operating at night or in low-visibility conditions?
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What kind of equipment do your drones use for search and rescue missions?
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How long can drones stay in the air during a search operation?
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Are drones more effective than traditional search methods?
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What types of environments are drones useful in for SAR operations?
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Are drones capable of operating at night or in low-visibility conditions?
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What kind of equipment do your drones use for search and rescue missions?
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How long can drones stay in the air during a search operation?
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Are drones more effective than traditional search methods?
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What types of environments are drones useful in for SAR operations?
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