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by dylan simard<\/strong>
\ncronkite news<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

phoenix \u2013 for some metro phoenix residents, the steady drumbeat of fourth of july fireworks were replaced with the high-pitched whine of electric motors as hundreds of drones took to the sky.<\/p>\n

for the second fourth in a row, carefree sponsored a swarm of drones bearing led lights in lieu of a more traditional fireworks display. the display was at civana, which is a spa and resort in carefree.<\/p>\n

there are several reasons to rely on drones, not the least of which is the risk of fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cwe wouldn\u2019t be able to do fireworks up in the dry desert like it is now,\u201d mayor les peterson said. \u201cwe\u2019re in the throes of year 20 of what could be a 30- to 50-year drought. so there\u2019s no prospect, literally, of us being able to utilize fireworks in the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n

but that\u2019s not the only local consideration driving interest in drone shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cup in (the) carefree, cave creek, north scottsdale area, a lot of people have horses, dogs, et cetera, and fireworks scares a lot of the animals,\u201d peterson said. \u201cwe\u2019ll have people call us and say, \u2018our horses broke out, they were so spooked by fireworks.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201canother one is veterans. we\u2019ve had veterans groups call us and say, \u2018for someone with ptsd who\u2019s been in a battlefield situation, the fireworks brings back all kinds of memories.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

although the drone show is more expensive that traditional pyrotechnics, the mayor said, \u201cthey are immensely safer, and both easier on the environment and easier on animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

firefly drone shows of detroit put on civana\u2019s fourth of july show. ryan sigmon, the company\u2019s co-founder, said drone shows are the future, but not just because they can go where fireworks can\u2019t. drone displays are more customizable than fireworks, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201ca lot of our clients love to do different formations or designs that fit their brand or their story that they\u2019re trying to tell in the sky,\u201d sigmon said. \u201cit\u2019s tough to compare it directly to fireworks because it\u2019s such a different experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

the cost of a drone show depends on the production\u2019s size, which can vary from 100 to 300 drones. sigmon wouldn\u2019t give an exact cost but he said the price increases based on the level of customization.<\/p>\n

\u201cwhen we launched the company, our goal was never to revolutionize fireworks or compete against fireworks,\u201d he said. \u201cwe definitely saw that there were some environmental aspects to what we did that were a bonus, especially where it comes to places like arizona.\u201d<\/p>\n

sigmon said the drone shows are a new form of media, \u201ca new form of nighttime entertainment that has so much creative freedom\u2026 that really inspired us and motivated us to work towards this dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n

republished with permission. see the original piece at cronkite news<\/a>. for more stories from cronkite news, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org.<\/a> follow them on twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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