New drone program helps Santa Fe County Fire Department rescue lost hiker

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new drone program out of the Santa Fe County Fire Department (SFCFD) helped cut down time rescuing a lost hiker this week, joining a long list of local emergency personnel working to advance their response toolbox."We started researching this a number of years ago actually as we saw emerging technology coming out," said Santa Fe County Fire Chief, Jacob Black.SFCFD is now a year into its testing phase on drones. "The handful of us that are able to do thi