BRINC announces first-ever purpose-built 911 response drone

BRINC’s integrated DFR solution marks a major advancement in drone technology, with the state-of-the-art Responder Drone and Responder Station Charging Nest. The drones are designed to respond to 911 calls in less than 70 seconds, providing critical situational awareness to first responders before they arrive on scene. They are also able to provide vital medical supplies, reduce staff response times, and respond to low-priority calls without the need to dispatch personnel. As municipalities experience a shortage of police personnel, BRINC’s DFR solution can resolve approximately 25% of calls for service without dispatching officers.

“The launch of BRINC DFR marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of emergency response. Our DFR initiative is intended to revolutionize the public safety landscape by equipping first responders with capabilities that significantly improve emergency response times and outcomes. said Blake Resnickfounder and CEO of BRINC.

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BRINC’s American-made Responder Drone can support first responders as part of an agency’s automated DFR system, a patrol-led DFR approach, or as a manually deployed drone. The Responder can also deliver a wide selection of life-saving payloads, such as EpiPens, automated external defibrillators (AEDs), personal flotation devices (PFDs), and naloxone (Narcan). Its two-way communication capability facilitates training and can improve de-escalation during tense confrontations.

The responder is equipped with a remarkable camera payload, providing a detailed view to public safety personnel once they arrive on scene. It includes a Full HD visual camera array, 40x zoom and a 640-pixel thermal sensor. This state-of-the-art thermal camera can help firefighters identify hot spots during structure fires and help search and rescue teams locate missing or injured people. The responder also features emergency response vehicle livery, customs agency markings, red and blue lights and a built-in siren to make it identifiable as a public safety asset.

Responder Station: Deploy drones in less than 5 seconds

The Responder is complemented by the Responder Station, a robotic charging nest designed to be placed in communities for rapid response times. Responder Station ensures responders remain operational, protected from the elements and ready to spring into action at a moment’s notice. Together, the Responder and Responder Station enable drone deployment in less than 5 seconds.

The responder drones return to the nearest available station after the end of each mission to charge from 0 to 100% in just 40 minutes.

BRINC LiveOps: Unified drone operations software

This entire solution is driven by BRINC LiveOps, a drone operations software platform available on all modern web browsers. This allows easy access on mobile devices, tablets, mobile data computers and in crime centers in real time.

LiveOps provides:

• Teleoperations: Fly Responder drones from anywhere in the world on a browser tab with your arrow keys.
• Manage District-wide deployments: View service calls and available drones, select a station to launch from, and quickly deploy drones in an emergency.
• Two-way communications: Provide instructions to save lives and defuse critical situations.
• Augmented reality overlays: Contextualize live feeds by overlaying map data onto drone video feeds.
• Integrated airspace awareness: View local weather information, ADS-B data, ground radar detections, FAA map tiles and more to resolve airspace conflicts.
• Transparency portal: Provide communities with flight logs and a program dashboard to promote transparency.
• Integration with existing public safety infrastructure: Connect to Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), Digital Evidence Management Systems (DEMS), 911 Calling Systems and more.

Growing Need for Emergency Response Drones Drives Industry Growth

Legacy public safety drone systems have been disjointed, bringing together generic hardware and software from various companies, resulting in suboptimal systems. This new all-in-one solution from BRINC makes DFR operations more efficient and easily accessible to all agencies in America.

“Our fully integrated approach with Responder, Responder Station and BRINC LiveOps sets us apart in the industry, enabling seamless coordination and rapid response in times of crisis. said Don RedmondBRINC Vice President for Advanced Public Safety Projects, “We anticipate that our innovative solution will not only improve operational efficiency, but also save lives.”

BRINC has a strong track record serving public safety agencies across United States. More than 500 agencies already use BRINC devices such as the LEMUR 2 or BRINC Ball, and more than 150 agencies are moving toward deploying 911 response drones citywide with BRINC, four of which have signed on to launch the BRINC DFR programs by the end of this year.

For more information about Responder, please visit https://brincdrones.com/responder
For more information about Responder Station, please visit https://brincdrones.com/responder-station
For more information about LiveOps, please visit https://brincdrones.com/liveops

You can access additional photo and video material here. You can find a video demonstrating this solution in action here.

About BRINC

BRINC is an American developer of technologies serving public safety. The company is building a connected ecosystem of tools designed to save lives. BRINC manufactures its products in the United States, has co-located R&D and production, and is vertically integrated, controlling its entire supply chain. More than 500 public safety agencies and more than 10% of SWAT teams in the United States use its products to defuse dangerous situations and protect human life. The company is backed by leading investors including Sam AltmanIndex Ventures, Domaine Dylan, Elad Gil, Patrick Shanahan, Jules Genachowski, Shyam Sankar, Alexander WangBradley Tusk and Jeff Weiner. For more information, visit brincdrones.com.

SOURCE BRINC