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Home My WebLink AboutEmail from Harold Schapelhouman – Offer of Assistance from the Menlo Park Fire District Schuman, Amy From: Menchaca, Clarissa Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 9:07 AM To: Schuman, Amy Subject: FW: Offer of Assistance from the Menlo Park Fire District Correspondence. Claw/ Me rtchaccv Associate Clerk of the Board Butte County Administration 25 County Center Drive,Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965 T: 530.552.33081 F: 530.538.7120 Twitter I Facebook I YouTube I Pinterest From: Schapelhouman, Harold <harolds@menlofire.org> Sent:Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:28 AM To:Snellings,Tim <TSnellings@buttecounty.net>;Connelly, Bill<BConnelly@buttecounty.net>;Wahl, Larry <LWahl@buttecounty.net>; Kirk, Maureen<MKirk@buttecounty.net>; BOS District 4<District4@buttecounty.net>; Teeter, Doug<DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net> Cc:Schapelhouman, Harold <harolds@menlofire.org> Subject: Offer of Assistance from the Menlo Park Fire District Butte County Manager and Board of Supervisors My sincerest sympathies over the horrific and tragic devastation of lives and property in your County. I know your time and the need to focus on many matters is extremely precious, so let me come to the point of this correspondence. I had earlier sent this to the Paradise City Council but learned thy were unable to receive emails. Our Public Safety Team of professionals uses Drones for mapping and aerial damage assessment. We assisted both the City of Santa Rosa (last year) and City of Redding, earlier this year, to develop high resolution, zoom in and zoom out 360 degree connected aerial photography mosaics of fire damage for their communities and ideally, prior to re-population. This also eliminates the need for multiple private vendors (for profit) and insurance agencies who are already making multiple requests to enter the air space. This is of significant importance and assistance to your community because it can be placed on your County Web-Site and used by your residents to check on the disposition of their property prior to re-population, by their insurance companies to expedite claims and as a reference tool for 1 the State and Federal (FEMA)to assist with eligible disaster recovery funds under the Disaster declaration. Our Team of Drone Responders and Pilots consists of highly trained personnel from: - The Menlo Park Fire Protection District - Alameda County Sheriffs Department - Contra Costa Sheriffs Department - San Francisco Police Department - Sacramento Metro Fire Department - Civilian mapping software experts and others expert in aerial damage assessment and the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (Drones under 50 Pounds). Here are the examples of our Teams capability, we understand that you are using the National Guards Drone, while extremely helpful to the Command Staff managing the Fire, it's Information is not open source and it does not provide the 360 degree spin capability we are able to provide. Redding 360 pano map and example panorama (25 photos stitched into 360 panorama) http://redding.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2b5e92 ade03a 40cb8e1b3fl 027245c0f https://viewer.hangar.coml360?productld=Mj BLR1 k0 Redding Georeferenced drone video (video overlaid on a map) https://play.survae.coniJ?v= o09mYA497n&basemap=false&res=1080&layers= &lat=40.578022579119185&lon=-122.43886580661639 https://play.survae.com/?lat=40.57781162430098&lon=- 122.4377220759255&basemap=false&sort=dtnew&page=l&res=1080&v=QPd9 p6Am5wW Redding 2D and 3D maps (photos stitched into map layers) https://cloud.pix4d.com/pro/proj ect/340301/map?shareToken=0455 5e94-ba4b- 4081-953 a-ac 184ef47d9e Santa Rosa Tubb's 2D Fire maps (photos stitched into map layers) https://www.rnapbox.com/bites/00382/#16/38.47698/-122.74911 Under the disaster declaration this service is free to you, your fire and law enforcement provider only need to request and "order"our services through the State Master Mutual Aid System. They are aware of our capability but require your approval as the Civilian Authority responsible for 2 the community and public information. State Fire Chief Kim Zagaris with the Governors Office of Emergency Services can speak to our credibility and capability. We will coordinate our air operations with firefighting and suppression efforts and NOT conflict or interfere with them. Typically, our flight ceiling need only be 150 to 250 feet. We are FAA certified,practice anti confliction and use technology that helps us spot other non-official or illegal civilian Drones in the airspace. We have looked at the time needed to "fly"your community and we believe we can accomplish a full aerial mosaic in 48 to 72 hours. I would be happy to speak with your Fire Chief, Sheriff or County Manager to discuss this further. We operate under the incident command system and do not freelance or show up without being officially requested. Our personnel are first responders and once activated we can be on site within 12 hours. We require a liaison with knowledge of your technology and communications platforms and also one assigned local law enforcement officer for escort, area familiarity and situational awareness. I can be reached directly at 650-380-1006 (Cellular). We look forward to assisting you in your time of need! I would be happy to provide references from the Cities of Redding and Santa Rosa who can speak to our work and professionalism. Thank you Harold Schapelhouman Fire Chief Menlo Park Fire Protection District 1170 Middlefield Road I Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650) 688-8426 I (650) 323-9129 FAX harolds(a7menlofire.org I www.menlofire.org Mission Statement: To protect and preserve life and property from the impact of fire, disaster, injury and illness. 3