Edgybees Stands Ready to Assist FEMA for Hurricane Michael

According to the American Hospital Association, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has activated its National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C., and Regional Response Coordination Center in Atlanta in preparation for Hurricane Michael, which has made landfall as a major hurricane along the Florida coastline, with winds from 130–140 MPH. FEMA also has deployed Incident Management Assistance Teams to both Atlanta and the Florida State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee to assist with any requests for federal resources ahead of the storm’s landfall. The governors of Florida and Alabama have declared states of emergency ahead of the storm.

In records dating back to 1851, there has never been a Category 4 or Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle, thereby making Hurricane Michael the first. Soon after making landfall, there have been power outages.

In response to Hurricane Michael, the Edgybees AR drone technology is available to all of FEMA to use real-world and real-time information to provide invaluable information to first responders in the effected areas.

With Edgybees’ technology, drones can now be used to map and record infrastructure, roads, power lines, levees, prior to any disaster, in a similar fashion to their current use in urban planning and construction. These maps are then used by first responders to orientate quickly and massively increase response times.

Edgybees’ engine utilizes information gathered from real-world sensors and other devices such as cameras, GPS, IMU (inertial measurement unit) and altitude meters to create a reliable and credible reconstruction of the device’s motion in 3D. The technology has already been used in relief efforts during Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and others.

For more information, please visit the Edgybees website, or reach out to info@edgybees.com