According to IWCE Report: 40% of the Public Safety Use Drones in the Field

Atlanta, IWCE, Feb 14th, 2020 - the leading event for the critical communications ecosystem surveyed over 597 professionals working within the industry to understand how drones are currently being used. The commercial drone industry is expected to be $13 billion by 2025 and the report found that already 40%  of the Public Safety sector now report using drones. 

Use of drones

• Rural communication: 26%
• Incident Management:  25%
• Delivery Service: 22%
• Survey disaster areas: 20%
• Tower Safety: 19%
• Building Inspection / Site Evaluation: 19%
• Instant coverage: 17%
• Find missing people: 16%
• Insurance companies using to assess a disaster area: 11%
• Land Management: 11%

IWCE program director Stephanie McCall comments, “Drones have been one of the most compelling technological developments to hit the critical communications industry in recent years. We wanted to understand how the sector intended to use drones as we are now beginning to see their use in real-world applications and expect to see their use become more commonplace.” 

For the first time ever, the IWCE will be hosting an outdoor drone demonstration area at their annual event this year in Las Vegas, March 30th which will be showcasing a wide range of commercial drones. 

Find the full report here.

About the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE)

IWCE (International Wireless Communications Expo) is the premier annual event for critical communications, featuring an exhibit hall with over 400 exhibitors and a five-day comprehensive conference program. Over 7,000 individuals attend from a diverse group of industry professionals including product distribution, government, public safety, critical infrastructure, business enterprise and more. IWCE 2020 will be held March 30th to April 3rd in Las Vegas, NV. For more information, visit www,iwceexpo.com