The Kiowa County Media Center, a non-profit organization, shot this very impressive footage of the Anderson Creek Fire that has burned close to 400,000 acres in Kansas and Oklahoma. They uploaded it to YouTube on March 25, 2016.
Drone footage of the huge Anderson Creek fire in Kansas
Drone was flown before aircraft arrived and TFR was in place. It was flown in coordination with the IMT to get a better analysis of the fire.
Mom’s side of the family were Cattle ranchers from the days
of the Chisholm trail in Kansas. Gr. Grandpa was killed in a Prairie
fire that he was fighting…
Those things can really travel, understand that there was snow
in the area this Am…
This footage is very possibly a violation of a Temporary Flight Restriction.
I doubt they even have aircraft fighting the fire therefore a TFR probably isn’t even in place…
There is a TFR in place, 25 nautical mile radius from Medicine Lodge, Kansas, and aircraft are being used to fight the fire. I have seen reports of at least one Chinook, and Kansas National Guard Blackhawks. This drone flight could have been outside the TFR area, I’m not there, but drones are becoming a bigger threat to firefighting aviators all the time.
Drones have also become a huge resource to firefighters and emergency response teams to help get a broader view of the situation and damage during emergencies like this.