Welcome to Down East Emergency Medicine Institute (DEEMI). Thanks to our dozens of volunteers, we offer our services at no cost. Our goal is to improve Medevac techniques and Search and Rescue in the State of Maine and the New England region.
Each month we highlight one of DEEMI’s section units. This month – UAVs/Drones
We have been using drones in most our ops for nearly 4 years! Since our first search using a drone on May 31, 2016 when we were called to assist Orono Fire Department for a missing kayaker, we have used our drones 53 times, assisting partnering agencies such as Bangor PD, Orono FD, Maine Forest Service, Maine Marine Patrol and the Maine Warden Service, as well as at the request of a number of families. Our drone searches have spanned along waterfronts such as the Penobscot River, Kenduskeag Stream, Penjajawac Stream, Penobscot Bay in Hancock and Stockton Springs, behind Wal-Mart Bangor; deep into the woods at Pistol Lakes; and into the towns of Presque Isle, Hampden, Bangor, Old Town, Frankfort, Staceyville, and Columbia Falls, just to name a few.
Our drone pilots and Richard Bowie’s interviews appear in three differnet national magazines – Inside Unmanned Systems, Aviation for Women, and AMC Outdoors.
Other section units include Fixed Wing (aircraft), HMMVW (Humvee), Rotary Wing (helicopter), and IT/R&D.
–> Watch our featured video, professionally produced by DJI to learn much more about DEEMI’s mission and the people we serve. -video link-
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Maine Survival – first in a two-part series about what to do if you find yourself lost while out in the Maine wilderness – (WABI TV 5)
What it’s like to be the first called when someone goes missing in Maine waters. (story of Maine Marine Patrol by Bangor Daily News)
Search & Rescue crews change tactics with the seasons (Maine Wardens, DEEMI — Fox22/ABC7)
Watch the FEATURED VIDEO below by DJI to learn more about
DEEMI’s mission and the people we serve.