Reaching new heights: Ohio fire department drone offers life-saving technology at feed mill fire

A quick decision to break out a new drone may have saved a life at a June 17 fire scene.Scott Wolfe was out to dinner with his family that Friday when he got a call about a fire at the MARS Horsecare facility in Dalton. Crews from multiple departments responded.A drone with thermal imaging technology the Wooster Township Fire Department had acquired just days earlier was about to be thrust into service for the first time, and Wolfe was the only one on staff qualified to operate it.
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