News | Iceland Monitor | Thu 9 Jun 2016 | 15.30 GMT | Modified 13 Jul 2016 13.01

Drones extremely useful for Iceland's SAR teams

Rescue teams at work. Photo/ Mbl.is

Ólafur Jón Jónsson who works as a volunteer for the Scout rescue team in Reykjavik says that heat cameras will be of great importance in the future.

Last week, a couple of tourists were rescued from a mountain in Siglufjörður with the help of a drone. Jónsson adds that searching beaches is much more productive using drones. Drones have been used for rescues in Mount Esja and for numerous rescue practices.