Comment FAA Mimimum Safe Altitude (Score 1) 176
The FAA Mimimum Safe Altitude is 1000' so we limit consumer drones to 500'. This solves 90% of the problems. We prohibit use of any drones within 3 miles of controlled airspace at airports.
At wildfires simplly allow police and firefighters involved aircraft operations only, to use highpower frequency jammers when the aircraft are within 3 miles of their position. Then you require any drones that lose control signals to automatically land safely.
If their drone was over the fire and they lose it then that is the operators fault.
When the air operations are complete the jammer is turned off and the drone operator can recover their drone by simply taking off.
Have federal penalties that would apply for the improper use of these jammers at any non-aircraft involved operations.