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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly and boldly used by various services, including transport services. This paper presents examples of actual and potential usage of UAVs by the fire services. Key technical parameters are defined and their measurement methodology for ensuring a high level of reliability is presented. The publication compares the obtained results with the technical parameters declared by various manufacturers. The conducted analyses of scientific literature prove that there is a research gap in the area of research on the reliability of the UAVs used in rescue and fire-fighting missions. The researchers' interest mostly focuses on the practical and technological aspects of using UAVs to prevent and respond to events such as local fires, disasters or other local threats, and more specifically, to search and rescue, provide air reconnaissance or diagnose aerial situations or inspect damaged building structures, or for other engineering inspections.
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Fellner, R., Zawistowski, M., Sadowski, P. (2021). Reliability of UAVs in Fire Services Operations. Tests and Measurements of Selected Parameters. In: Kwasiborska, A., Skorupski, J., Yatskiv, I. (eds) Advances in Air Traffic Engineering. ATE 2020. Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70924-2_4
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