About
Firetail Environments
Drone services bringing together natural environment and sustainable agriculture techniques to benefit landscapes, biodiversity, farming operations and communities.
Firetail Environment specialises in precise environmental and ecological surveys using drone technology in photogrammetry, multispectral, thermal, LiDAR and on-ground disciplines, focusing on achieving advanced outcomes for ecosystems and landscape restoration with a focus on:
Precision Environmental Surveys: Using drones to conduct detailed and accurate surveys of natural environments. This includes mapping terrain, vegetation, multispectral vegetation surveys, water sampling, standing carbon mapping and LiDAR modelling with high precision.
Ecological Monitoring: Employing drones to monitor biodiversity and assess the health of ecosystems. This involves capturing data on species distribution, habitat quality, and environmental changes over time.
Treatment Applications: Utilising drones for targeted treatment applications in ecological settings. This may involve precise applications of treatments to specific areas, aiming to minimize environmental impact while maximizing effectiveness.
Advanced Ecological Outcomes: Focusing on achieving significant ecological benefits through drone-based surveys and treatments that can be deployed to enhance ecosystem resilience, supporting conservation efforts, and promote sustainable land management practices.
Firetail Environments focusses on leveraging drone technology alongside other ground based techniques to enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and sustainability of environmental and ecological management practices, contributing to positive ecological outcomes.
There are numerous options in delivering appropriate UAV outcomes depending on the questions and investigations being posed. Firetail Environments prides itself on understanding the intended outcomes and developing the required workflows and deliverables to provide the most appropriate data for your project.
We design and deliver projects of any scale and tailor the technical requirements, reporting and delivery to your needs.
Firetail Environments also offers a range of online drone training courses built for field practitioners to get the most out of their fleet. Ecological consultation, on-ground surveys and on-ground works, regenerative agriculture support & consultation and carbon, EG&S and nature repair.
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Danny Pettingill
Director + Accredited UAV Operator
Danny, Director of Firetail Environments, specialises in precision drone services for advanced environmental and weed management. With a diverse background in design, engineering, land management and education, Danny promotes landscape restoration and biodiversity outcomes through innovation in conservation, agriculture, native forestry, and carbon disciplines.
As a recognised specialist in UAV operations, Danny is highly sought after for his proficiency in multispectral reflectance, ecological mapping inc. LiDAR, and on-ground workflow design and implementation. His work contributes significantly to improving agricultural practices through innovative drone technology applications.
He applies his expertise to advance landscape scale outcomes, with a particular emphasis on carbon management, biodiversity conservation, and drone-based solutions.
Danny has served on the Board of Landcare Victoria Inc., is a current member of the City of Bendigo Farming Advisory Board, and was recognized as a finalist for the Landcare Australia Bob Hawke Award in 2020.
Firetail's Namesake
FIRETAIL represents the Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata, a small woodland finch that is threatened in central Victoria due to land clearing and depletion of intact woodland habitat, and the Resin bee of the genus Megachile, a solitary native bee that are often affectionately referred to as firetails for their bright orange/yellow tails. Both these species play important roles in healthy landscapes and are under threat from land use, clearing and fragmentation of bushland and intact woodlands. Firetail brings together natural environments and sustainable agriculture techniques for benefits to landscapes, biodiversity, farming operations and communities.
These Firetails are a symbol of healthy landscapes and woodland environments and their presence represents an environment that can support abundant habitat opportunities required for a thriving, diverse population. If we can bring back species such as this, it is a key marker in the restoration of a healthy landscape and the benefits for biodiversity, farming and community that comes with this. By improving this biodiversity, landscapes will be enhanced, retaining more moisture year-round, providing food sources for a healthy ecosystem and contribute to efficient farming environments.