DroneControl joins Ireland's Civil Defense Community in Trim

Last week, DroneControl joined the Irish Civil Defence Officers Association conference in Trim, County Meath, for two days of conversations, demonstrations and insights from people with extensive frontline experience.

Our CTO, Ross Feehan, attended with great support from Kevin O’Neill at SquareOne.ie, meeting Civil Defence representatives and exploring how drone technology can support their operations.

The live drone demonstration attracted plenty of interest, alongside demonstrations of DJI Enterprise technology. It provided a practical starting point for discussions about live drone operations, situational awareness and getting information from the aircraft to the people who need it.

Throughout the conference, we heard directly about the operational challenges teams face. Conversations explored how drone footage can be shared during an incident, how different people can use that information and where DroneControl could fit into existing ways of working.

The interest in DroneControl was particularly encouraging. Having the opportunity to demonstrate the platform and discuss it with experienced Civil Defence professionals gave us valuable context for understanding their requirements.

These exchanges help us develop software around the realities of operational use. We came away with useful feedback and conversations we look forward to continuing.

Ross also enjoyed the opportunity to return to his homeland. It’s fair to say that persuading him to make the trip to Ireland didn’t take much effort!

Thank you to the organisers for the invitation and warm welcome, to Kevin and SquareOne.ie for their support, and to everyone who took the time to meet us over the two days.

If we met in Trim and you’d like to explore DroneControl further, please get in touch. We’d be delighted to arrange a follow-up demonstration.