uaf spotted an individual cornered by a lava flow. the remote pilot using uaf's was able to safely navigate the out a search and rescue mission individual to a search crew that ultimately lead that person out of harms way we look forward to working collaboratively with partners throughout the community to continue to build on these and other efforts to support the safety of firefighters and the public, and hands capabilities and strengthen relationships with our partners. thank you for the sustained support of this committee for the entire wildland fire community and thank you for the opportunity to discuss the program. i'm happy to answer questions. >> thank you, mr. rupert. thank you both. et me begin with the questions. i appreciate both of you have addressed the issue of workforce misconduct, harassment. what you are doing to bring about the very necessary changes to rid the agencies of sexual harassment, in all forms of workplace misconduct. mrs. christiansen, you mentioned you have a code of conduct that has been introduced, man

is makingility of uaf a big difference in the way we are fighting wildfires. they provide real-time data and information, used to improve surveillance and reconnaissance, by assisting firefighters with detecting hotspots, improving mapping and increasing the effectiveness of monitoring. we are also exploring a number of new technologies including applications and alert systems improving firefighter safety in departnt of fense. i would like to point out the 'spartment is widely using uaf to support natural resource management and for search and rescue missions. week, the u.s.st geological survey carried out a search and rescue mission in hawaii at mount kilauea. individual an cornered by a lava flow. s wasemote pilot using uaf' able to safely navigate the individual to a search crew that ultimately lead that person out of harms way we look forward to working collaboratively with theners throughout community to continue to build on these and other efforts to support the safety of firefighters and the public, and hands capabilities and strengthen relationships wi

the use of unmanned aircraft systems or uaf's is a perfect example of technology and leveraging it to fight wildfires in safer and more efficient ways. last year, the department conducted over 700 ua. is missions on more than 70 wildfires and we're on track to surpass that this year. the versatility of uas is making a big difference in the way that we're fighting wildfis. uas's provide real-time data and information that's use today per sue surveilnce and reconnaissance, detecting hot spots, improving mapping and increasing the effectiveness of monitoring. we're also exploring a number of new technologies, including applications and alert systems that improve firefighter safety in collaboration with the department of defense. i would also like to point out the department is widely using uas's to support natural resource management and for search and rescue missions. for example, last week, the usgs, u.s. geological survey carried out a survey of the mount kilauea volcano. they spotted an individual cornered by a lava flow. the remote pilot using the uas was able to safely navigate the