YSAR COVID-19 update, Friday 20th August 2021
YSAR Covid-19 Update The situation relating to the August 2021 Covid-19 outbreak announced by the Prime Minister on Monday 16th is rapidly evolving. On the afternoon 19th August we were […]
YSAR interviews next generation of Search and Rescue volunteers
Youth Search and Rescue interviews the next generation of Search and Rescue and Emergency Management practitioners for the 2021 Cohort in Auckland and the Bay of Plenty regions We had […]
YSAR COVID-19 update, Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Return to face to face training at YSAR The announcement by the Prime Minister stating that indoor gatherings can include up to 100 people means that we can resume face […]
Xaver Sense Through the Wall System
Operators can deploy Camero’s Xaver family of scanners on solid walls to get a 3D outline of the objects behind it. The system uses an ultra-wideband radar to “see” through walls along with a “breath detection” mechanism to differentiate between static and moving objects.
SAR for SAR – Technology on the horizon – The use of Synthetic Aperture Radar for Search and Rescue
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images are produced by an active system that sends a microwave signal from a sensor platform to the ground and detects backscattered waves that the ground reflects directly back to a receiver on the same platform, which can be borne aloft by either airplanes or satellites. When the source and receiver are on the same platform, the radar is said to be monostatic. If the source and receiver are on different platforms, the radar is said to be bistatic. Commercial SAR systems are monostatic and always collect images to the side of the flight path of the sensor platform, unlike most multispectral imaging systems, which commonly look straight down and are passive (consisting only of receivers of reflected sunlight and emitted thermal infrared radiation).
Researchers aim to enhance lost person search and rescue efforts using drones, artificial intelligence
Thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a group of Virginia Tech engineers hopes to redefine these search and rescue protocols by teaming up human searchers […]
Trustpower Community Awards – YSAR recognised for the amazing work they do in the community
Trustpower Community Awards On Wednesday night YSAR was recognised for the awesome work they are doing in the community by being awarded a finalist award at the local Tauranga and […]
Youth Search and Rescue to get free satellite tech – key partnership with Wireless Nation
Under a new partnership, Wireless Nation will provide YSAR with satellite internet for communications, data sharing, and navigation across New Zealand.
YSAR in the USA – Sunlive report
“One of the guys in their Marin County Search and Rescue organisation, just outside San Francisco, found us on Facebook. They liked what they saw and wound up asking if we’d be willing to do an exchange. We can’t quite believe it’s happening.”
Technology in Search and Rescue and Disaster Response and Recovery
https://youtu.be/wG4RnDNWtJo
