The people charged with protecting millions of acres of public land
from wildfires have a request to drone pilots: Stop getting in our way. On
Monday the U.S. Forest Service along with other land management
agencies sent a notice asking the general public to kindly avoid flying
over active fires. According to the notice on June 25 drones
interrupted air tanker operations over the Sterling fire in San
Bernardino National Forest. Here's more from the Forest Service:
"Aerial firefighting aircraft, such as airtankers and helicopters, fly at very low altitudes, typically
just a couple of hundred feet above the ground, the same as UAS flown
by members of the public do, creating the potential for a mid-air
collision that could seriously injure or kill aerial and/or ground
firefighters. In addition, a UAS flown by a member of the public that
loses its communication link could fall from the sky, causing serious
injuries or deaths of firefighters on the ground."...more
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