# Drone Search and Rescue > Fixed-price aerial search over open ground with a thermal camera, flown same day where possible. Always alongside 999, the police and HM Coastguard, never in place of them. Families searching for a missing person, farmers and land managers with livestock missing on open ground, and walkers' groups or event organisers who need aerial cover over a large area. A fixed price agreed on the phone, thermal and visual cameras over the ground that matters, and a plain answer on what was covered. Alongside 999, the police and HM Coastguard, never in place of them. ## Services - [Missing Person Search Support](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/services/missing-person-search-support): Aerial thermal and visual search support over open ground, flown alongside the police and HM Coastguard, never in place of them. - [Missing Livestock Search](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/services/missing-livestock-search): A fast aerial search for stock missing on the moor, across a large holding, or through a broken fence line, thermal capable and priced fixed before anyone sets off. - [Events and Large-Area Cover](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/services/events-and-large-area-cover): Planned aerial cover for a walking event, a muster, a beach or headland safety sweep, or any large area a walkers' group or organiser needs eyes over before or during the day. ## Key pages - [Home](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/): Fast aerial search across Devon and the South West - [Services](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/services): What Drone Search and Rescue does and what each job includes. - [How it works](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/how-it-works): How a job runs, from the first call to what arrives afterwards. - [Areas covered](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas): 25 towns across Devon and the South West. - [About](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/about): Who runs Drone Search and Rescue and how it works. - [Contact](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/contact): How to get in touch and what happens next. ## Areas covered - [Okehampton, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/okehampton): Aerial search cover on Dartmoor's northern edge around Okehampton, where low cloud and driving rain close visibility fast near Yes Tor and High Willhays. - [Tavistock, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/tavistock): Aerial search cover for open grazing commons and old mine workings above Tavistock, on Dartmoor's western edge. - [Ivybridge, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/ivybridge): Aerial search cover from open Dartmoor moorland down to wooded riverbank at Ivybridge, where the moor drops steeply into the South Hams. - [Crediton, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/crediton): Aerial search cover across the hedged farmland and valley mist of Crediton, where steep sandstone hills block ground-level sightlines. - [Holsworthy, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/holsworthy): Aerial search cover across the large hedged fields and heavy clay farmland around Holsworthy, on Devon's exposed north-west plateau. - [Barnstaple, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/barnstaple): Aerial search cover for the tidal Taw around Barnstaple, from exposed estuary mudflats to wooded slopes climbing towards Exmoor. - [Ilfracombe, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/ilfracombe): Aerial search cover for Ilfracombe's cliffs, coast path and harbour, where steep ground and Atlantic wind slow a search on foot. - [Bideford, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/bideford): Aerial search cover across both banks of the tidal Torridge at Bideford, from the old town quay out to the open dunes at the estuary mouth. - [Great Torrington, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/great-torrington): Aerial search cover for the steep common land and wooded river valley below Great Torrington, a town standing high above almost all of it. - [South Molton, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/south-molton): Aerial search cover across the hedge-bound farmland and moor edge around South Molton, on Exmoor's wet southern approach. - [Minehead, Somerset](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/minehead): Aerial search cover from the steep bracken slopes behind Minehead down to its harbour, on Exmoor's northern edge above the Bristol Channel. - [Taunton, Somerset](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/taunton): Aerial search cover across the large hedged fields and fog-prone vale farmland around Taunton, in the Somerset lowlands. - [Wellington, Somerset](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/wellington): Aerial search cover from the open Blackdown escarpment down to the sheltered Tone valley around Wellington. - [Chard, Somerset](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/chard): Aerial search cover across the exposed ridge-top farmland around Chard, the highest town in Somerset. - [Bridgwater, Somerset](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/bridgwater): Aerial search cover across the cut ditches and reed beds of the Somerset Levels around Bridgwater, ground that is slow going on foot. - [Kingsbridge, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/kingsbridge): Aerial search cover for the tidal creek system around Kingsbridge, where the same ground floods and empties twice a day. - [Exmouth, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/exmouth): Aerial search cover along Exmouth's two miles of open seafront and its exposed river mouth, marina and clifftop paths. - [Sidmouth, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/sidmouth): Aerial search cover for the coast path either side of Sidmouth, where a narrow valley funnels wind straight off the sea. - [Budleigh Salterton, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/budleigh-salterton): Aerial search cover for the reed beds, estuary and wooded slopes around Budleigh Salterton, ground that disorients on foot. - [Seaton, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/seaton): Aerial search cover spanning the open Axe estuary marsh and the dense Undercliff woodland either side of Seaton. - [Lyme Regis, Dorset](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/lyme-regis): Aerial search cover on the unstable landslip coast around Lyme Regis, covering cliff, path and fossil beach without testing the ground on foot. - [Bridport, Dorset](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/bridport): Aerial search cover along the river valley between Bridport and West Bay, running from inland hills down to the harbour. - [Weymouth, Dorset](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/weymouth): Aerial search cover across Weymouth's long open bay and Chesil Beach, well suited to a wide, fast sweep or event safety cover. - [Dartmouth, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/dartmouth): Aerial search cover for Dartmouth's steep stacked streets and the tidal River Dart, where the terrain and the tide both slow a search on foot. - [Salcombe, Devon](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/areas/salcombe): Aerial search cover from Salcombe's steep harbour hillside out to the open-water cliffs at Bolt Head. ## What is on the record - CAA registered: Operator ID and Flyer ID held, plus the A2 Certificate of Competency. Paperwork is available on the phone before a flight, including to the police or a search coordinator if it is needed. - Radiometric thermal: A DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced carrying a 640 by 512 thermal camera, strongest at dawn, dusk and after dark, which is when a ground search slows down the most. - 100 megapixel visual camera: A DJI Mavic 4 Pro with a Hasselblad camera and 6K video, used for daylight coverage and for legible imagery of anything found, close enough to act on. - Insured with Coverdrone: Full commercial cover for the operation. Certificates go to a search coordinator, a landowner or an event organiser as a matter of course, without anyone having to chase for them. ## Contact - Phone: 07401 387144 - Email: info@exeterdronesurveys.co.uk - Enquiry form: https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/contact - Based in Exeter, covering Devon and the South West ## Optional - [Full text version](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/llms-full.txt): every service, town and question on this site as markdown. - [Sitemap](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/sitemap.xml) - [Privacy](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/privacy) - [Terms](https://drone-search-and-rescue.co.uk/terms)