The Mobile Sentry tethered aerial system (TAS) is an automated, quick-deploy, tethered drone system capable of delivering scene lighting, enhanced visual surveillance, and telecommunications. The Will-Burt Company will be conducting live demonstrations of the Mobile Sentry TAS at the FDIC International exhibition held in Indianapolis, Indiana, from August 2-7, 2021.

With autonomous launch, flight, and landing features, personnel can be designated to critical tasks requiring more diligence rather than piloting and flight monitoring. Reaching an elevation up to 150 feet / 45 meters, the TAS provides wide area coverage of the emergency scene. Interchangeable and multi-payload capabilities including thermal sensors, video tracking and license plate reading, communication devices, LED lights, and EO cameras allow the Mobile Sentry to be tailored for multiple scenarios. Mobile Sentry is a lightweight, man-portable tethered drone system with portable or vehicle base stations available.

Richard Lewin, CEO and President of Will-Burt comments, “The progression of elevation solutions from Will-Burt is revolutionizing the industry with the latest technology available. Will-Burt is proud to be the first to provide high-powered scene lighting from a drone system designed specifically for first responders. This technology changes the way an operation is not only illuminated but also recorded for evidence and safety.”

After FDIC International, Will-Burt Sales Team will be available for live demonstrations of the Mobile Sentry system. Visit www.willburt.com for more information.

There could be relief on the way for the large fires that have been burning near the Methow Valley in Okanogan County for the last couple of weeks. Ron Miller with the National Weather Service says there could be some needed rainfall by Saturday night. There’s a good chance that we could see, not just a shower, not just a light sprinkle or something like that, but some actual heavy down pour type rain,” said Miller.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 10:56:11 AM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

Itasca, IL, July 29, 2021  – W.S. Darley & Co. was among the winners of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Midwest region of Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, announced in a virtual celebration held last night to honor 34 finalists from 27 companies.

Entrepreneur of the Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. “This year’s finalists are the next class in a long line of unstoppable visionaries,” said Ram Ramanan, Midwest program director for EY. “They are lighting the path forward to a robust recovery.”

Paul Darley, chairman, president and CEO of Darley accepted the award, “on behalf of our employees who were considered essential and came in day after day, and for the first responders we serve who were out there during the pandemic working to keep us safe.”

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards, to be announced in November 2021 at the Strategic Growth Forum^®, one of the nation’s most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in June 2022.

­­­­­­­­­­About W.S. Darley & Co: Founded in 1908, W.S. Darley & Co. (Darley) remains a family-owned and operated business, providing the highest quality equipment solutions to its military and first responder customers. As an ISO 9001:2015 certified company, Darley prides itself on offering a family of leading emergency equipment brands and innovative solutions and services from its corporate headquarters in Illinois and fire pump and apparatus manufacturing operations in Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan, as well as global offices in six countries.

Colchester, CT, firefighters are on the cusp of getting five new apparatus after voters approved a $4.5 million bond issue, according to a report published by the CT Examiner.

On Tuesday, voters said yes to a plan to replace three engines, a tanker and a tower ladder, according to the report, that added three of the apparatus were built in the 1980s.

The money will be used to replace equipment with fractured frames, non-operational pumps and trucks that failed inspection.

A Colchester official told the newspaper some of the trucks in the fleet are not safe enough to be used in a parade.

The Carteret County Board of Commissioners recently agreed to deed 4.9 acres of county-owned land in Mariners Park in Sea Level to the Down East (NC) Fire Department so the agency can pursue a federal grant to construct a new station there, reports carolinacoast.com.

There’s a stipulation, though, that the property will revert back to the county after four years if the department doesn’t construct a new station on the site within that time. The land will also revert back to the county in the future if it ever ceases to be used as a fire station.

Officials say that, although the project is still in the early stages, the hope is it will be built on higher ground to prevent flooding and become the primary station. They also hope that, if the new station is built, the department will be able to close the existing Sea Level and Stacy stations and turn Atlantic and Davis into substations.

Officials say the existing Down East Fire Department stations—Sea Level, Atlantic, Stacy, and Davis—flood frequently, and a new station would aim to allow the department to consolidate operations.

An official says he looked into a federal grant opportunity in June via the U.S. Department of Agriculture that may be able to fund most or all of construction costs for a new station. However, he was informed that the department would need land in its own name before it could apply for the grant.