Bayraktar TB2 UAVs, which were developed indigenously by Baykar, provide instant live displays and data to Crisis Management Centers and take part in logistics management, traffic regulation, and search and rescue activities in disasters such as earthquakes and floods.
From 2020 onwards, based on the collaboration with the Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture, General Directorate of Forestry, Bayraktar TB2 UAVs, allocated exclusively to fighting against natural disasters, take an active role in early detection of forest fires and managing the fire fighting efforts with efficiency. Thus, for the first time in Europe, high tech UAVs will have been used for fire fighting.
According to data from the General Directorate of Forestry, one TB2 scanned approximately 3.5 million hectares over the summer of 2020 and single-handedly achieved the equivalent of 361 fire watchtowers. With this monitoring, 345 forest fires were detected and extinguished before they spread and covered larger areas.
The innovative solutions pioneered in Turkey to fight fires have continued into 2021. In this context, Bayraktar TB2s serve 3 different headquarters designated by General Directorate of Forestry.
Alongside Baykar experts in every center,
Take an active role in firefighting efforts.
Bayraktar TB2 UAVs can scan 400 km² area at once with a thermal camera. They can furthermore detect fires from a range of 185 kilometers
Baykar supports the General Directorate of Forestry by offering technology infrastructure for firefighting efforts. With the software and infrastructure established by Baykar, realtime display and data transfer is provided to the Fire Management Center of the General Directorate of Forestry in Ankara and to the designated centers with ARZ and KUZGUN systems.
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