Our Donate A Drone program is intended to benefit the public safety and education industries of North Carolina. We are looking for any unwanted drones in working order and taking them to benefit the areas of public safety such as police, fire, EMS and more, as well as for the education system here in North Carolina.

If you have any unwanted drones or would like to make a donation to AUVSI NC for this program please reach out to us at ncauvsi@gmail.com or through our Facebook messenger at: https://www.facebook.com/NCAUVSI

July 2020 Initiative

'Getting Your Drone Team Ready for Hurricane Season'

During our ‘Getting your Drone team ready for Hurricane Season’ event that was held in July we had several public safety departments in North Carolina participate. Two departments were awarded brand new Skydio drones for the use during department operations. Those departments were the Harrisburg Fire Department and the Columbus Fire Department.

The recording for the event can be found on the link below. It was a great event and had plenty of expert knowledge on drone response in an emergency situation.

Check it out here.

Harrisburg Fire Department

Harrisburg Fire Department won a Skydio drone kit during the July Hurricane Initiative.

“During this training we practiced lifting heavy machinery off of cars with simulated trapped victims, to simulate incidents involving vehicles that weigh in excess of 80,000lbs!!”
Air shots were filmed by their Skydio drone.

Columbus Fire Department

Columbus Fire Department received a Skydio during the July initiative.

November 2020 Initiative

Donate-A-Drone Program

Gaston County Police

Gaston County Police Department was one of the winners of the Donate-A-Drone Program for our Let’s Talk Drones November 2020 session. The department has been in service since 1957 and now has over 136 sworn officers that serve over 90,000 residents.

The department is made up of several divisions including the community policing division, investigations division, communications, and animal care & enforcement division. Within these divisions, they have specialty response units including the emergency response team, hazardous devices unit and a GIS crime analyst unit.

Gaston County Police Department won the Thermal Parrot Anafi drone to help them with their GIS analysis unit as well as for other police work.

Currituck County Emergency Services

Currituck County Emergency Services provides support to the community through their comprehensive risk-based, all-hazard emergency management program. They serve county residents, guests, businesses, non-profit organizations, and education programs.

Currituck County Emergency Management won the Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual drone.