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Colo. OEDIT Release — May 18, 2023 – RoGO has been awarded an Advanced Industries grant from the State of Colorado to enhance our life-saving technologies
Arizona DFFM Release — May 15, 2023 – Arizona Forestry Rolling Out Innovative Firefighter Locating and Accountability System
RoGO satellite-based products and services operate anywhere in the world and support firefighting and field trials across local, state and federal agencies in the Western United States.
RoGO Communications launches new DropBlock GPS tracking for wildland firefighters
The new satellite communication DropBlocks are smaller in size and weight to allow for easier carrying by wildland firefighters.
RoGO Communications releases DropBlock 2.0 GPS tracking for wildland firefighters
State wildland firefighters added a big tech advancement to their toolbox this year, a GPS tracking system called DropBlocks. Tiffany Davila with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management says these state-of-the-art satellite-based devices allow supervisors to locate crews more precisely while they’re on an incident. That was a challenge 10 years ago after the Granite Mountain crew was initially trapped in the canyon. “Often times our crews are deployed to fight fire in very remote locations, sometimes with little to no cellphone service, so these devices (DropBlocks) provide us another communications channel to reach them,” Davila said.
Here’s how fighting fires in Arizona has changed since Yarnell Hill tragedy 10 years ago
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This fire season, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management will be testing new satellite-based crew locating and communication devices called DropBlocks. These will provide for increased crew accountability and safety during an incident where there may be little to no cell phone or radio service.
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