Eyes on the hills on the worst days.
On extreme fire danger days, the first minutes after an ignition decide how big a fire gets. ORCA holds lookouts over the ranges for as long as the danger lasts, swapping drones to charge, and reports smoke with a location and images as soon as your team confirms it.
From what your team does today, to what the fleet does for it.
The work is capped by headcount
- Lookouts and public calls are the main way ignitions get spotted.
- Remote ignitions can grow before anyone sees them.
- Crews arrive without a picture of what they’re driving into.
One operator, the whole fleet
- Lookouts are held for as long as the danger lasts.
- Smoke is reported with a location and images.
- Crews see the fire from above before they arrive.
Why this job needs more than one drone.
A fleet earns its place when there’s too much ground for the time available, when coverage can’t have a gap, or when people are the limit.
A watch held all day
Swapping drones keeps every lookout covered for as long as the danger lasts.
Watch the fire, keep the lookouts
A drone stays on confirmed smoke while the others hold the rest of the ranges.
Ranges, not a hilltop
A fleet covers a whole range of hills, not one view.
Answers your team can act on.
Not hours of footage. Each output goes straight into the systems you already use.
Who it’s for
- Rural fire teams
- Forestry companies
- Councils and emergency management groups
Watch log
Per dayLookouts held, swaps and coverage.
Smoke reports
Images + locationEach report as sent, and who confirmed it.
Fire edge
Live layerThe fire’s edge from above while a drone watches it.
Season record
For the planDays watched and reports raised, across the season.
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See ORCA on work like yours.
Tell us about the ground you look after and where it’s hardest to cover. We’ll walk you through how a fleet would run it, and what a first trial could look like.