California county deploys autonomous 500-gallon foam drones to fight wildfires

Posted by entryleveljobsc on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:56AM
from the tomshardware.com dept.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/california-county-secures-autonomous-firefighting-drones-with-500-gallon-foam-payload-to-deal-with-wildfires-five-drone-strike-team-can-be-controlled-by-a-single-operator-conduct-nighttime-ops-and-access-difficult-terrain

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Re:California county deploys autonomous 500-gallon foam dron... by Kevin_Flynn on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:59AM (#50326834)

They could just allow people to buy wood stoves again.

Citizens would then harvest all the fuel on their own, trade it amongst themselves, drastically reducing the risk of wildfires, while growing local economies.

Nevermind. Too practical to pass.

Lets use robots to dump PFAs into the watershed. Yeah, we can make money off that.

The technology is impressive.

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