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Drone alone

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As an ex-fireman, I find it hard to believe that they could be of other than minimal use to the Fire Service. Perhaps in large industrial fires, to locate the seat in a very large complex, but in anything smaller, it was pretty obvious what was to be done. A fire is best tackled by immediate, human, action; not waiting for the drone to turn up, especially a house fire. Forget the damn things-they are only a step on the way to overhead continuous surveillence on us all

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18 Jun 2012

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6:26 pm

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