Tag: Search and Rescue: Page 7

Special Units

Escape International AirTEP Platform

Even when the AirTEP is deployed and hanging from a helicopter carrying a full load of passengers, it's possible to fly the craft at up to 100 knots for several miles until everyone can be brought to safety.

November 3, 2013

Technology

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wants 2 Drones for Maricopa County

Joe Arpaio, the outspoken sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., wants to use two drones to survey his jails from the air and catch drug dealers, if he receives FAA approval.

October 28, 2013

Careers

Pittsburgh River Rescue Unit

The River Rescue Unit (RRU) responds to suicide attempts on the river, searches for and rescues lost and endangered swimmers, and makes sure boaters aren't breaking the law.

September 24, 2013

Special Units

Nev. Officer Dies In Fall During Copter Rescue

At some point during the helicopter-assisted rescue, Officer David Vanbuskirk fell to his death. The officers were using the helicopter to hoist the hiker to safety from an area that was too difficult to reach by foot.

July 22, 2013

Vehicle Ops

Delaware State Police Order Two Bell 429 Helicopters

The Delaware State Police have ordered a pair of Bell 429 helicopters to serve airborne law enforcement operations as well as emergency medical services. The light twin-engine helicopters will be delivered in early 2014.

April 9, 2013

Vehicle Ops

3 Die In Alaska Trooper Helicopter Crash

An Alaska State Trooper helicopter carrying a trooper, pilot, and snowmobile rider on a search and rescue mission went down about 100 miles north of Anchorage on Saturday evening.

March 31, 2013

Vehicles

L.A. Sheriff's Super Puma Helicopters

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has completed a nearly $60-million overhaul of its helicopter fleet that brought 18 new Eurocopter helicopters, including three Super Pumas.

March 25, 2013

Vehicle Ops

Bell Introduces 412EPI Helicopter

Bell Helicopter has introduced the 412EPI, an upgraded 412-platform helicopter offering greater situational awareness and speed to law enforcement agencies.

March 5, 2013

Special Units

NYPD Rescues Kayaker In Icy Water

This NYPD video shows ESU officers transporting a 32-year-old man to a waiting ambulance at the agency's aviation base at Floyd Bennett Field on Saturday. Detective Brian Singer and Officer Marian Kopystianskyj, two divers assigned to the Harbor Unit, entered the icy water of Jamaica Bay to save the man.

February 10, 2013

Technology

Edge Thermal Imager

Bullard

Weighing only 1.5 pounds, the Edge is available with an 80 x 60 or 160 x 120 resolution infrared engine providing officers with a sleek, lightweight, ergonomically designed thermal imager perfectly suited for tactical, investigation, and search-and-rescue applications.

December 13, 2012

Technology

C4i Provides Custom Dispatch Solution for Federal Facility

C4i has deployed an affordable, integrated solution at a National Park Service facility to assist with high-altitude search-and-rescue missions in the mountains of eastern California.

December 3, 2012

Vehicle Ops

Copter Crash Kills Two Atlanta Officers

Two Atlanta Police officers were killed Saturday night when their low-flying helicopter struck a power line and crashed while they searched for a missing boy.

November 3, 2012