GlobalMedic

RESCUAV

PARTNERSHIP TO LEAD UAV OPERATIONS IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE

The Problem The Solution

When disaster strikes, communities can be left in a
state of chaos. Survivors need assistance to stay
alive, and they need it quickly. Countless barriers
and hazards can prevent rescuers from reaching
people in need, including things like damaged
roadways, bridges, telecommunications
infrastructure, and collapsed buildings.
Information on the extent of the damage, locations
of survivors and access routes, all can take days to
surface. Survivors dont have days to wait for
assistance. They need help immediately.
GlobalMedic has introduced the use of innovative
UAV technology to bridge this crucial gap
providing better information faster, in order to
improve humanitarian coordination and save lives.
RescUAV offers support for search and rescue teams,
local governments and other humanitarian actors.
GlobalMedics RescUAV initiative works to improve
disaster response in four critical ways:
Search & Rescue Situational Awareness
Emergency Mapping Aid Delivery

SEARCH & RESCUE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

RescUAV supports rescuers in their fight to save
lives, by:
Capturing aerial imagery to locate survivors
Using thermal imagery to locate survivors
Operating Ground Penetrating Radar to locate
survivors
Collecting imagery inside buildings to locate
survivors
Assessing structural damage and integrity
RescUAV broadcasts real time information,
allowing responders to make informed decisions
to quickly get aid to those who need it most, by:
Identifying immediate hazards
Tracking population movements to direct aid
deliveries
Planning access and evacuation routes
Identifying access barriers, such as a landslide
that has cut off a community

EMERGENCY MAPPING AID DELIVERY

RescUAV gathers aerial imagery to produce
detailed maps that provide invaluable data, by:
Creating comprehensive damage assessments
of disaster zones
Surveying refugee camps to plan infrastructure
and expansion
Assessing agriculture to support food security
Helping communities plan the rebuilding process
Identifying hazards to reduce the impact of
future disasters
RescUAV can use innovative UAV technology to
provide desperately needed aid to isolated
communities, by:
Delivering aid quickly to the hardest to reach
communities
Delivering essential medications and other relief
items
Delivering communication devices

GlobalMedics UAV Expertise

GlobalMedic has disaster response experience spanning 175 Responses in 61 countries. GlobalMedics
RescUAV Program has was introduced in 2014 and our trained pilots and teams have lead emergency
missions in response to:

Ecuador Earthquake, 2016 Nepal Earthquake, 2015 Philippines Typhoon Hagupit, 2014

WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, RESCUAV USES

BETTER INFORMATION IS INNOVATIVE UAV
NEEDED TO HELP TECHNOLOGY TO SAVE
RESCUERS SAVE LIVES. THOSE LIVES.

www.globalmedic.ca/rescuav