About the service
I offer a specialised mobile drone survey service focused on wildfire-risk vegetation assessment for private landowners, ranch operators, insurers and land managers. Using a compact quadcopter fitted with a high-resolution RGB sensor and a multispectral add-on, I fly low-altitude grid patterns over the property to capture overlapping imagery suitable for orthomosaic stitching and vegetation density mapping. The output identifies fuel-load concentrations, canopy continuity, ladder-fuel zones where shrubs connect ground vegetation to tree crowns, and gaps in defensible-space clearance around structures, fences and access roads.
Flight planning accounts for seasonal timing: surveys scheduled in late spring or early autumn typically show the clearest contrast between dry cured grass and green irrigated zones, which sharpens the fuel-load classification. Each engagement includes a pre-flight site walk to note obstacles, power lines and airspace restrictions, followed by the survey flight itself (typically forty to ninety minutes depending on parcel size), and a post-processing phase producing a georeferenced vegetation density map, a marked-up defensible-space zone overlay (0-9m, 9-30m, 30m+), and a still-image gallery of flagged high-risk clusters.
Deliverables arrive as a PDF report plus raw and processed imagery files, turnaround five to twenty business days depending on parcel size and weather windows. I carry my own liability coverage and hold a current remote-pilot certificate; equipment includes spare batteries and a backup aircraft so weather delays rarely cascade into missed deadlines. Suitable for pre-season risk audits, insurance documentation, or post-clearing verification work.
Flight planning accounts for seasonal timing: surveys scheduled in late spring or early autumn typically show the clearest contrast between dry cured grass and green irrigated zones, which sharpens the fuel-load classification. Each engagement includes a pre-flight site walk to note obstacles, power lines and airspace restrictions, followed by the survey flight itself (typically forty to ninety minutes depending on parcel size), and a post-processing phase producing a georeferenced vegetation density map, a marked-up defensible-space zone overlay (0-9m, 9-30m, 30m+), and a still-image gallery of flagged high-risk clusters.
Deliverables arrive as a PDF report plus raw and processed imagery files, turnaround five to twenty business days depending on parcel size and weather windows. I carry my own liability coverage and hold a current remote-pilot certificate; equipment includes spare batteries and a backup aircraft so weather delays rarely cascade into missed deadlines. Suitable for pre-season risk audits, insurance documentation, or post-clearing verification work.
