Introduction: Besides the military and commercial applications of drones, there is no doubt in\ntheir efficiency in case of supporting emergency management. This paper evaluates some experiences\nand describes some initiatives using drones to support disaster management. Method:\nThis paper focuses mainly on operational and tactical drone application in disaster management\nusing a time-scaled separation of the application, like pre-disaster activity, activity immediately\nafter the occurrence of a disaster and the activity after the primary disaster elimination. Paper\nfaces to 5 disasters, like nuclear accidents, dangerous material releases, floods, earthquakes and\nforest fires. Author gathered international examples and used own experiences in this field. Results\nand discussion: An earthquake is a rapid escalating disaster, where, many times, there is no\nother way for a rapid damage assessment than aerial reconnaissance. For special rescue teams,\nthe drone application can help much in a rapid location selection, where enough place remained\nto survive for victims. Floods are typical for a slow onset disaster. In contrast, managing floods is a\nvery complex and difficult task. It requires continuous monitoring of dykes, flooded and threatened\nareas. Drone can help managers largely keeping an area under observation. Forest fires are\ndisasters, where the tactical application of drone is already well developed. Drone can be used for\nfire detection, intervention monitoring and also for post-fire monitoring. In case of nuclear accident\nor hazardous material leakage drone is also a very effective or can be the only one tool for\nsupporting disaster management.
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