Alright, let’s talk about weather stations—those clunky, expensive metal poles pretending to be useful while sitting exactly where they’re not needed.
Alright, let’s talk about weather stations—those clunky, expensive metal poles pretending to be useful while sitting exactly where they’re not needed. Meanwhile, the climate is going off the rails. Fires, floods, and extreme weather are getting more unpredictable, yet somehow, we’re still relying on slow, fixed, wildly expensive solutions that tell us what’s happening after things have already gone to hell.
So, we teamed up with our good friends over at Fi-Sci (www.fi-sci.ai) to actually fix this problem for first responders. Meet EnviroDrop—because waiting for someone to install a weather station is about as useful as checking the forecast after your house is on fire.
It’s an air-droppable, self-powered, no-messing-around environmental sensor platform. You can throw it out of a plane, helicopter, drone, or just chuck it by hand (if you’re feeling dramatic). It lands, self-rights, and instantly starts transmitting critical data in real time.
EnviroDrop is as much about the unique sensor payload system as it is the particular sensors that we have included for the NHDS grant - but here's what we've started with.
Tracks temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind gusts, and rainfall—the numbers that actually matter when things are going sideways.
If you can drop it there, it’ll send data from there—no waiting for reception, no gaps in coverage.
12+ months of maintenance-free operation, powered by solar + LFP batteries.
Rugged (for obvious reasons), fully recoverable, and zero waste—built to be redeployed, not discarded.
In fire management, you need data now, not six months after a procurement committee has spent millions debating the cost of a concrete pad.
Fixed weather stations can’t be installed fast enough, can’t cover the right areas, and sure as hell can’t be thrown out of a plane.
With EnviroDrop, you deploy instantly. Drop a few around a burn perimeter, a bushfire front, or a high-risk zone before things get out of control. Real-time updates tell you if the wind’s about to turn against you, keeping personnel out of harm’s way—even when harm’s way moves.
We built EnviroDrop because response teams deserve better. If you’re tired of bulky and outdated solutions, stick around.
