Search this valley. Tell us what’s cut off.
After a flood or cyclone, the emergency operations centre needs to know what’s cut off and who needs help before it can send anyone. ORCA assesses the whole area at once, keeps working when the network is down, and sends a live map back as it goes.
From what your team does today, to what the fleet does for it.
The work is capped by headcount
- Reconnaissance waits for helicopters, daylight and weather.
- Reports come in by phone, one road at a time.
- The full picture takes days to put together.
One operator, the whole fleet
- The whole valley is assessed in the first hours.
- The work carries on when the cell network is down.
- The EOC works from one map, updated as the fleet goes.
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.
The whole area at once
Events hit many valleys at once. A fleet assesses an area, not a road.
Built for no signal
Drones carry the plan between them and relay the link back when they can.
Pilots are scarce in an event
One operator runs the fleet, so trained people are free for the response.
Answers your team can act on.
Not hours of footage. Each output goes straight into the systems you already use.
Who it’s for
- Emergency operations centres
- Civil Defence controllers
- Lifelines and roading teams
Flights in an emergency still have to meet aviation rules, including any restrictions placed over the area. Each mission is checked against the limits you load before it launches.
Impact map
EOC layerCut roads, bridges, slips and flooded areas, as they’re found.
People needing help
Priority listLocations with images, confirmed by your team and ranked for rescue.
Situation report
PDFA summary for the controller and partner agencies.
Imagery
GeotaggedEvery image, linked to its place on the map.
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