Scott Grant, the chief of the Moosonee Volunteer Fire Department, says a $46,000 investment has already saved two lives in the last week alone.
A DJI 30 Matrice thermal drone, purchased by the department just over a year ago, has already flown to more than a dozen incidents in the region, including finding a man lost in the bush on Wednesday night.
And on Sunday night volunteer firefighters located a woman – already showing signs of hypothermia – trapped on an ice chunk in the Moose River.
The dramatic rescue began with a call to 9-1-1 and local firefighters about 9:30 p.m.
“There’s a woman,
