Lifeguard drone

[OldGuy]

Walking along the sea front in Fuengirola (Malaga province) this morning I was surprised to see a very large drone hovering above the beach close to the water line. I immediately thought "why aren't the sunbathers complaining and calling the police as they usually do". On closer inspection I saw that the drone was being controlled from a bright red tent with the letters “Socorrismo Malaga” which roughly translated “First aid/Lifeguard service Malaga”.
I crossed the sand to get a closer look and spoke to one of the operations team. The drone was a DJI model which I didn’t recognise, had a flight time of 40 minutes and carried a life jacket and a defibrillator.
How nice for a change to see a drone being viewed in a positive way by the public and not getting the usual bad press that we drone pilots often get!

 

[msinger]

The drone was a DJI model which I didn’t recognise

Matrice 350

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

Have a look at the 'TV programme'/youtube "Bondi Rescue".
To me it was immediately seemed that a drone would be a great aid to their search function and or shark spotting function if nothing else. I recollect they tried a larger drone to drop assistance to a test 'patient', I think it beat the lifeguard 'to the patient' but you'd need to check that.
I think a private drone flier even called in a shark warning in one episode.

 

[karlblessing]

That launch/land table seems a little small and flimsy for that size/weight of drone.

 

[Yorkshire_Pud]

That launch/land table seems a little small and flimsy for that size/weight of drone.

but portable, especially on soft, dry sand.

 

[YVRGUY]

Walking along the sea front in Fuengirola (Malaga province) this morning I was surprised to see a very large drone hovering above the beach close to the water line. I immediately thought "why aren't the sunbathers complaining and calling the police as they usually do". On closer inspection I saw that the drone was being controlled from a bright red tent with the letters “Socorrismo Malaga” which roughly translated “First aid/Lifeguard service Malaga”.
I crossed the sand to get a closer look and spoke to one of the operations team. The drone was a DJI model which I didn’t recognise, had a flight time of 40 minutes and carried a life jacket and a defibrillator.
How nice for a change to see a drone being viewed in a positive way by the public and not getting the usual bad press that we drone pilots often get!
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Yes, heading in a positive direction.

 

[Dale D]

Walking along the sea front in Fuengirola (Malaga province) this morning I was surprised to see a very large drone hovering above the beach close to the water line. I immediately thought "why aren't the sunbathers complaining and calling the police as they usually do". On closer inspection I saw that the drone was being controlled from a bright red tent with the letters “Socorrismo Malaga” which roughly translated “First aid/Lifeguard service Malaga”.
I crossed the sand to get a closer look and spoke to one of the operations team. The drone was a DJI model which I didn’t recognise, had a flight time of 40 minutes and carried a life jacket and a defibrillator.
How nice for a change to see a drone being viewed in a positive way by the public and not getting the usual bad press that we drone pilots often get!
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It looks like a DJI Inspire- here is a screen grab from the DJI web site.

Dale
Miami

 

[karlblessing]

It looks like a DJI Inspire- here is a screen grab from the DJI web site.

Dale
Miami
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Um... no it's not. The Inspire 3 is much skinnier and not the kind of drone you would use for that kind of operation. Matrice is much closer to what that thing looks like.

It's VERY clear from the pictures it's NOT what you linked to.

 

[AVLJMA]

That launch/land table seems a little small and flimsy for that size/weight of drone.

The legs go down nearly 6 feet

 

[Bob in Savannah]

That thing is Beautiful!

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

It's an M300, adapted to take the surf lifesaving equipment.
Pioneered in Australia, mostly on the east coast by the big Surf Lifesaving Australia clubs.

A lot of this was pioneered by UAV Challenge an event held in the past (2007 - 2014) to pioneer new, and refine, S&R techniques.
It's a real shame this didn't keep on as an annual event, refining such operations can never really be completed.