Product profile
Responder
Responder is BRINC's compact emergency-response drone for public-safety agencies. It combines thermal imaging, zoom, loudspeaker, siren, emergency lights,...
Facts
- Company
- BRINC
- Product type
- public_safety_drone
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- public-safety aerial response
- Website
- https://brincdrones.com/responder/
About Responder
Responder is BRINC's public-safety drone for manual deployment, patrol-led response or an automated drone-as-first-responder network. It combines visible and thermal imaging, zoom, lighting, siren and two-way communications to give emergency teams an airborne view before personnel arrive.
Responder can also carry supported payloads within the wider BRINC ecosystem. Its role is situational awareness and remote assistance; dispatch decisions, evidential use, airspace approval and emergency tactics remain with the operating agency.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Public-safety drone
Core: Responder UAV
Function: Emergency awareness
Audience: Public safety
Specifications
- communications
- 4G teleoperations and two-way communications with loudspeaker
- ip_rating
- IPX4 water resistant
- max_flight_time_minutes
- 42 minutes min
- payload_options
- Payload dropper for AEDs, Narcan, EpiPens, PFDs and other lifesaving payloads
- thermal_camera_resolution_px
- 640 px thermal camera px
- zoom
- 40x total zoom
Operations
- Environment
- law-enforcement, fire, EMS and search-and-rescue operations
- Primary user
- public-safety agencies and emergency responders
- Role
- aerial awareness, communication and payload delivery
- Interaction model
- operator_supervised
- Mobility class
- multirotor UAV
- Product detail
- robot, Inspection Drone, inspection_drone, Inspection Drone, drone, Inspection Drone, drone, source_backed, inspection_drone, drone
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- BRINC raises $125M for nationwide 911-response drone expansion — 2026-07-14
- BRINC partners with Nova Software for public-safety aerial mapping — 2026-06-24
- Schenectady reports operational results from BRINC DFR deployment — 2026-05-27
- BRINC announces larger Seattle headquarters and factory — 2026-03-24
- BRINC launches Guardian drone for 911 response — 2026-03-24
- National League of Cities names BRINC exclusive DFR partner — 2026-03-17
- Victorville approves three-year BRINC DFR agreement — 2025-10-30
- BRINC raises USD 75M and forms Motorola Solutions alliance — 2025-04-08