Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drone)

To respond to increasingly complex and diverse disasters in recent years, the operation of small unmanned aerial vehicles (phantom 4 pro) began in FY2017, enabling rapid and effective firefighting activities by capturing images from the air at disaster sites. In FY2025, an all-weather drone (build flyer) will be newly deployed, allowing for early confirmation of disaster conditions within the city and search for lives even during bad weather such as immediately after a typhoon passes.
Drone operations are conducted by firefighters trained in drone piloting at disaster sites.

Usage Examples

• Confirmation of the direction and extent of fire spread
• Search for persons in need of rescue at water-related incidents
• Aerial photography of the fire spread area during fire cause investigations
• Sharing aerial footage at the disaster response headquarters during large-scale disasters to quickly grasp the disaster situation within the city
• Capable of flying even in bad weather such as immediately after a typhoon passes
• Confirmation of persons in need of rescue using infrared cameras at sites where visibility cannot be secured
• Using the speaker function, provide situation explanations and announcements to persons in need of rescue

　Note: Bold text is possible with build flyer

All-weather drone (build flyer)

• build-flyer product information(external link)

The new drone (build flyer) is introduced as equipment for the command vehicle from 1 minute 25 seconds on the official YouTube channel of Inagi City.

Operation started in November 2025

Disaster drone (phantom-4-pro)

phantom 4 pro (Operation started in 2017)

Infrared Camera Image (build-flyer)