Watch as firefighters attempt to blast a drone out of the sky

[EClyde]

If a drone was in my yard I would shoot at it with glee

 

[davislane1]

If a drone was in my yard I would shoot at it with glee

I suspect the spirit technology of many of the commenters in this thread is a surface to air missile.

 

[Guest]

Anyone flying a drone above private property should be prosecuted.

There is no excuse, and should be no tolerance, for this type of behavior...fly your drone over your own house and stop acting like you have a right to invade others peoples property, peace of mind, and privacy.

 

[Guest]

"THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DAMAGED HIS PROPERTY - They should PAY FOR IT! You don't just shoot someone's car, do you? No... You damage someone's ****, you pay... UNLESS It is self defense, and this drone wasn't attacking! Yes, they should pay!"

No one has a legal right to enter private property at any time without the property owners permission...and that includes the air space above said property.

If you think a property owner has to put up with someone flying drones over their property without permission then I have some bad news for you...the right to privacy, peaceful use of property, freedom from harassment...all of these things will get a drone owner taken to court if not arrested. Property owners do not have to put up with drones and once a drone flies above private property the property owner is free to take whatever action they feel is necessary...including shooting down the drone.

 

[Guest]

As a 30 year career/union firefighter, personally I saw nothing wrong with with the drone videoing the incident. Although his flight path did take the drone directly over the hot zone on occasion, the video being shot had much more tremendous value than just considering the drone "a nuisance". I would agree, amateur drone flyers should have some basic rules when flying over events such as this, as well as standing permissions from the local jurisdictions having authority. But as I said, videos such as this can provide valuable information to the department as to tactics, strategy deployment, after action critiques, and even fire investigation. All the firefighters had to do is there job, address the fire situation, and get a copy of the video from the drone operator (notice I didn't say 'request a copy'). I know several NY firefighters and in all likelihood, those guys were just being a-holes.

 

[Guest]

As a 30 year career/union firefighter, personally I saw nothing wrong with with the drone videoing the incident. Although his flight path did take the drone directly over the hot zone on occasion, the video being shot had much more tremendous value than just considering the drone "a nuisance". I would agree, amateur drone flyers should have some basic rules when flying over events such as this, as well as standing permissions from the local jurisdictions having authority. But as I said, videos such as this can provide valuable information to the department as to tactics, strategy deployment, after action critiques, and even fire investigation. All the firefighters had to do is there job, address the fire situation, and get a copy of the video from the drone operator (notice I didn't say 'request a copy'). I know several NY firefighters and in all likelihood, those guys were just being a-holes.

That being said, as the drone did enter the hot zone on occasion (and obviously within range of operating hosestreams), the department owes the drone operator NOTHING.

 

[Guest]

Great video. The pilot had awesome shots of a house fire and all the firefighters putting out the blaze. But I did notice a LOT of firefighters walking and standing about. Was that a 5 alarm fire or overkill?

They needed to pay attention to their work and not the drone! Yes, the fire department should pay for his drone!

 

[cliffordcooley]

Hope this kid is tracked down by the fire department and at least, given a good talking to.

Nothing about this video strikes me as if a kid is the one flying/filming. There was way too much stability and restraint for a kid to be controlling. At no point in time did the RC/drone get in the way or become a danger to anyone. In fact from my point of view it looks as if I have been enlightened (thanks to this video) to the concept that 75% of the crew needs to be fired. Perhaps this perception is what the fire department was annoyed about getting recorded. You are basically wanting to track down this person for recording what appears to be the fire department dragging their feet. Reminds me allot of a closed door policy where people don't have to defend their bad choices and have the freedom to pass blame. People work and are monitored all day, a little video of fire fighters in action is only a good thing.

As for everyone commenting about the fire department not being held responsible, damaging property to make their way in to put the fire out is one thing. Destruction of the RC/drone for the hell of it is quite another. No one can damage someone Else's property with out being held accountable, not even on their own property.

 

[Guest]

I will admit I did not read all of the comments but I noticed that allot of you is blaming a child.. if you read the article it said he "claims" to be a former firefighter I don,t know any child that was a former firefighter..

 

[adamrussell]

1. He wasnt interfering. The firefighters were just annoyed with it.
2. Intentional destruction of property is against the law even if its a drone.
3. The firefighters could probably use this tech themselves to make their jobs safer.

 

[adamrussell]

Great video. The pilot had awesome shots of a house fire and all the firefighters putting out the blaze. But I did notice a LOT of firefighters walking and standing about. Was that a 5 alarm fire or overkill?

They needed to pay attention to their work and not the drone! Yes, the fire department should pay for his drone!

Seemed like the time they spent trying to hose down the drone could have been better spent putting out the fire.

 

[adamrussell]

"THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DAMAGED HIS PROPERTY - They should PAY FOR IT! You don't just shoot someone's car, do you? No... You damage someone's ****, you pay... UNLESS It is self defense, and this drone wasn't attacking! Yes, they should pay!"

No one has a legal right to enter private property at any time without the property owners permission...and that includes the air space above said property.

If you think a property owner has to put up with someone flying drones over their property without permission then I have some bad news for you...the right to privacy, peaceful use of property, freedom from harassment...all of these things will get a drone owner taken to court if not arrested. Property owners do not have to put up with drones and once a drone flies above private property the property owner is free to take whatever action they feel is necessary...including shooting down the drone.

The proper response to trespassing (outside the home) is a citation not attack. You do not have the right to shoot trespassers (in most jurisdictions).

 

[davislane1]

1. He wasnt interfering. The firefighters were just annoyed with it.

This is self-contradictory. If they are performing a job and someone starts annoying them, the agitator is, by definition, interfering with their job.

2. Intentional destruction of property is against the law even if its a drone.

Intentional destruction of property is against the law when there is malice. "**** off" isn't malice.

3. The firefighters could probably use this tech themselves to make their jobs safer.

This isn't even relevant to the discussion.

 

[Guest]

"1. He wasnt interfering. The firefighters were just annoyed with it.

2. Intentional destruction of property is against the law even if its a drone.

3. The firefighters could probably use this tech themselves to make their jobs safer."


1. Unless the guy driving this announced his drone being used to the firefighter ahead of time, and they approved of it, he was interfering. Imagine being a firefighter fighting that particular fire and a drone starts flying around nearby you when you don't really have the time to see what that drone is doing.
I don't know what that drone is going to do, to see what it's fantastic or horrible the drone's maneuvers are (how skilled the pilot is), or to have the time to find out if it could even be a threat.

Personally, if someone let me knew it was going to be there ahead of time I doubt I would mind as long as I knew the pilot was skilled enough to not get in the way.

2. Interfering with public emergency services is even more illegal. There probably won't be any charges pressed on either side regardless.

3. These firefighters don't know that drone is doing there and even though this tech maybe could be effectively used for firefighters that doesn't necessarily make it ok in this situation.

 

[cliffordcooley]

Imagine being a firefighter fighting that particular fire and a drone starts flying around nearby you when you don't really have the time to see what that drone is doing.

It's a flying camera, what else would it be doing? Get back to work!

2. Interfering with public emergency services is even more illegal. There probably won't be any charges pressed on either side regardless.

Stop making up BS, when the RC clearly didn't get close enough to interfere with the fire fighters.

3. These firefighters don't know that drone is doing there and even though this tech maybe could be effectively used for firefighters that doesn't necessarily make it ok in this situation.

Here you are making an assumption. You don't know what the fire fighters know.

 

[Guest]

Just like you can't cross past a certain line on foot during these situations to gawk, you shouldn't be able to do so in the air. They certainly shouldn't pay for it.

 

[Guest]

Last time I had a fire, my door was unlocked and the fire was contained to the living room. The FD axed every window, door and wall. Their last concern is for personal property. I think it's fly at own risk. I think there is no law for or against it. I like it grey. Too much regulation could cause problems. That said, if it's over my property and I'm able to shoot it down, I would. This may be something the family doesn't want broadcast. However, free speech is awesome. so, I could go either way on this issue. It's a bold new world of tech!

 

[cliffordcooley]

^^ The last time! How many fires do you start?

Please keep your distance, some of us have better luck and don't want that streak upset.

 

[Guest]

"Here you are making an assumption. You don't know what the fire fighters know."
"Stop making up BS, when the RC clearly didn't get close enough to interfere with the fire fighters."

Neither do you. I'm making assumptions on what did happen though and not what did not happen (like your assumptions). A drone approaches firefighters. Firefighter then focuses attention away from the fire to the drone. You can see that as not interfering if you want.


Also, I'm not making assumptions when I say that if I saw a drone flying around (especially one that can move fast) I'm going to hope the person knows how to fly it or just simply doesn't make a mistake. Especially if I'm already busy doing something, and even more so if I was working as an emergency serviceman. And especially if a drone were approaching me specifically while I were trying to do something like: Put out a friggin fire. But that's me trying to put myself in a firefighter's frame of mind based on the FACT that the drone DID divert a (or several) fightfighter's attention away from...a fire.


Thanks RC troll!

 

[cliffordcooley]

Neither do you. I'm making assumptions on what did happen though and not what did not happen (like your assumptions). A drone approaches firefighters. Firefighter then focuses attention away from the fire to the drone. You can see that as not interfering if you want.

Anyone that can not do their job for distractions around them, need to stay at home.

If you want me to make an assumption I will. The fire fighters were finished with their job and playing around after the fact. If the fire fighters were distracted and chose to spray the RC instead of the fire, this video would be the evidence to have their job terminated.