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Hats off to the Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue organization and its president, Michael Neiger, for providing the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office with funds to purchase a new piece of equipment that could end up being very valuable especially up in this neck of the woods.
Using a $30,000 MibSAR donation, the sheriff’s office plans to buy a Matrice 300 RTK Drone, a specialized drone often used in commercial applications and by law enforcement.
According to a sheriff’s office press release, the drone will literally expand the horizon in helping Marquette County Search and Rescue during fire, flooding, search and rescue and recovery.
Feb 19, 2021
Marquette County Sheriff Greg Zyburt is shown accepting a donation of $30,000 from Michael Neiger, president of Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue (MibSAR). This donation will be used for the purchase of a Matrice 300 RTK Drone. This drone will literally expand the horizon in helping Marquette County Search and Rescue during fire, flooding, search and rescue and recovery. The drone will be named ART to honor Michael’s father Art Neiger who was a 40-year veteran of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in Marquette. He was also a Boy Scout Leader, a professor and advisor at Northern Michigan University and helped to set up NMU’s Police Academy. ART is also an acronym for Aerial Response Team. The drone will be equipped with state of the art software technology, including infrared spotlights and advanced camera technology. (Submitted photo)
Michael Neiger (l) presenting a check to Sheriff Greg Zyburt
Credit Marquette County Sheriff s Office
The donation came from Michael Neiger, president of Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue.
The drone will help Marquette County Search and Rescue during fire, flooding, search and rescue, and recovery. It will be named ART in honor of Michael’s father Art Neiger, a 40-year veteran of Marquette’s Coast Guard Auxiliary. Art was a Boy Scout leader and a professor and advisor at Northern Michigan University. He also helped to set up NMU’s police academy. ART also happens to be an acronym for Aerial Response Team.