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According to the Friends of Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue, SAR added a drone team to their crew. The group are certified as drone pilots by the Federal Aviation Administration and have been trained on search techniques.
The volunteer drone team will benefit searches by accessing large swaths of land that volunteers may not be able to get to as quickly. During night searches, some drones have thermal-imaging which the organization said is “invaluable.”
