Center for Disaster Risk Policy

FSU drone team finishes urban search and rescue work after Hurricane Ian

Published: October 11, 2022 | 2:37 pm | Posted in: University News

Flight teams coordinating airspace prior to launch.

Florida State University’s Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program’s (EMHS) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) team has completed its urban search and rescue work following Hurricane Ian. The team, housed in FSU’s Center for Disaster Risk Policy (CDRP), deployed to Orlando a day before Ian made landfall in Florida on Sept. 28. The drones provide near-real-time […]

Members of FSU’s drone team on standby to assist Hurricane Ian search and rescue efforts

Published: September 28, 2022 | 5:32 pm | Posted in: University News

CDRP team members plan flights on July 4, 2021, prior to the demolition of the remainder of the Champlain Towers, which collapsed in Surfside, Florida in 2021. Pictured from left to right: Ph.D. researcher Austin Bush, CDRP Director David Merrick, Dr. Robin Murphy, of Texas A&M University and FSU researcher Justin Adams.

With Ian making landfall in southwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday, members of the Florida State University Center for Disaster Risk Policy drone team stand poised to help. CDRP Director David Merrick said seven members of FSU’s drone team, including four students, are supporting the state’s urban search and rescue efforts. “Our […]

The Big Story: September 20, 2021

Published: September 20, 2021 | 12:20 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

The FSU drone team deployed to Grand Isle, Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Ida in August 2021. (Photo Courtesy of David Merrick)

The Florida State University Center for Disaster Risk Policy’s drone team was taken by a Blackhawk helicopter into Grande Isle, Louisiana, last month to lend its expertise in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Read more …

FSU experts available to comment on 20-year anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Published: September 1, 2021 | 1:15 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Three firefighters raise the U.S. flag on Sept. 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center in New York City. (Thomas E. Franklin/The Record)

Twenty years ago, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks shocked the world. The attacks led to profound changes in American society, two decades of war in Afghanistan and ramifications that continue to be felt today. Florida State University’s nationally regarded experts in emergency management, homeland security, grief, trauma and religion are available to speak to media […]

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