Shiprock Search and Rescue receives new drone

Andy Hawkins, community engagement manager with Bisti Fuels Co., talks on March 23 in Fruitland about the new drone the company helped purchase for Shiprock Search and Rescue.

Bisti Fuels Co. and Shiprock Search and Rescue collaborated to buy a new drone, which will help the volunteer group in searching for missing persons on and near the Navajo Nation.

Shiprock Search and Rescue Commander Eric Trevizo, left, watches as Justin Succo, project specialist with Bisti Fuels Co., controls the new drone the team received on March 23 in Fruitland.

The new drone for Shiprock Search and Rescue flies during a demonstration on March 23 outside the Bisti Fuels Co. office at Navajo Mine in Fruitland.

Marlene Atcitty, second in command of Shiprock Search and Rescue, watches the flight demonstration in Fruitland of the new drone the team received on March 23 from Bisti Fuels Co.

Justin Succo, project specialist with Bisti Fuels Co., left, shows the drone's controller to Navajo Nation Council Delegate Eugenia Charles-Newton, center, Shiprock Search and Rescue Commander Eric Trevizo and Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty during the flight demonstration in Fruitland on March 23.

The controller for the Autel Evo II Dual displays the aircraft's thermal image capability during a flight demonstration on March 23 outside the Bisti Fuels Co. office at Navajo Mine in Fruitland.

At center, Navajo Nation Council Delegate Eugenia Charles-Newton livestreams on March 23 in Fruitland while Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty watches the flight demonstration of the new drone presented to Shiprock Search and Rescue.

The new drone purchased by Bisti Fuels Co. and Shiprock Search and Rescue lands on March 23 after the flight demonstration outside the Bisti Fuels office at Navajo Mine in Fruitland.

Shiprock artist Jonathan Curley, right, presents the design he created for Shiprock Search and Rescue during a March 23 presentation at the Bisti Fuels Co. office at Navajo Mine in Fruitland.