A month after Union Pacific published a PSA video warning photographers to stay away from train tracks, the US government has published its own PSA video that warns people to keep drones away from wildfires.
The 30-second video above, titled �Drones PSA,� was released by the National Interagency Fire Center last week. The center also has a new webpage titled �No Drone Zone� dedicated to warning photographers and videographers that camera drones and wildfires don�t mix.
�If you fly, someone could die,� the site says. �Even a tiny drone can cause a serious or fatal accident if it collides with firefighting aircraft. In most situations, if drones are spotted near a wildfire, firefighting aircraft must land due to safety concerns.�
��it is illegal to resist or interfere with the efforts of firefighter(s) to extinguish a fire. Doing so can result in a significant fine and/or a mandatory court appearance. So, be smart and just don�t fly your drone anywhere near a wildfire.�
This comes just weeks after the US Forest Service created a PSA poster warning about these same dangers:
�No amount of video or photos are worth the consequences,� the NIFC writes. �Please, don�t fly your drone near a wildfire!�
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.