Brief Communication "The use of UAV in rock fall emergency scenario"

Abstract

In recent years, the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in operations in civilian/commercial contexts is becoming increasingly common also for the applications concerning the anthropic and natural disasters. In this paper, we present the first results of a research project aimed at defining a possible methodology for the use of micro-UAVs in emergency scenarios relevant to rock fall phenomena. To develop and support the presented method, the case study results relative to a rock fall emergency occurred on 7 March 2014 in the San Germano municipality (north-western Italy) are presented and discussed.