VIDEO: Three major structure fire responses in just four days got support from the Colorado Springs Fire Department’s new Special Operations Division.
The support from the division formed back in August is visuals and infrared images from drones.
“We have just been evolving pretty much every week since we've been stood up,” said Captain JJ Halsey with Colorado Springs Fire Department.
Drones add highly useful information very quickly.
Firefighters stay at a safe location while the drone shows views from around and above an incident.
“Allows us to be better at what we do, allows us to be quicker, and allows us to you know, mitigate those hazards earlier than when we didn't have it,” said Halsey.
Because of a drone overhead, incident commanders get a better idea of what is burning and what is threatened.