Hollywood Fire Rescue & Beach Safety launches drone-assisted rescue system

The Hollywood Fire Department is using new tool in an effort to help anyone struggling in the water and help save lives Hollywood Fire Rescue Beach Safety on Tuesday gave News a demonstration of their newly launched drone-assisted rescue system Somebody could hold onto that and buy them particular time until a rescue could get to them mentioned Hollywood Fire Rescue Battalion Chief David Guernsey Hollywood is the first fire department in Broward County to have this life-saving system which equips their drones with flotation devices to fly to people in distress This is how it comes packaged It is water activated soon as it hits the water it deploys and then turns into this commented Guernsey The system is set to enhance exigency response times with the drone capable of going up to two miles offshore and having a mile of range to deploy the device This is able to help promotion our lifeguards when they re off duty to protect our beaches to be able to help rescue someone stated Guernsey This doesn t save them but this will buy them time for a rescuer to get them to safety The drone is meant to give a fighting chance to those in the water as they wait for help to arrive especially when there are no lifeguards on duty You know our lifeguards are great here in the City of Hollywood but if it s after-hours and someone from the fire department or police department is going out to rescue them it might be out of their capabilities so this will help them with that reported Guernsey Representatives hope to bring a sense of safety to their society Well with the amount of water that s in the City of Hollywood it s something that is near and dear to us we wanna make sure we can protect our citizens when they need it reported Guernsey Authorities commented the drone will not be used in every situation with factors like weather affecting the rescue response