Background Overview

During the critical autumn and winter forest fire prevention period, a large‑scale, cross‑regional comprehensive firefighting drill was held in Liangshan Prefecture in November 2025 to comprehensively enhance the practical capability of responding to major forest fires.

Action

CHENGDU TIMESTARS CO., LTD. deployed its mature "TIM" UAV system as a core asset in this drill.

TIM-D35 VTOL fixed-wing UAV: Leveraging its long endurance and wide-area cruise capability, it quickly scans vast forested areas, rapidly locates the fire scene, and provides a macroscopic assessment of the fire area and the spread trend of the fire line, delivering an initial strategic situational map to the command center.

TIM-W20 Intelligent Reconnaissance UAV: Equipped with a tri‑sensor payload (high‑definition visible light, infrared, and laser rangefinder), it conducts detailed reconnaissance of the fire line, accurately captures and marks the location and intensity of each specific fire point and smoldering spot, providing real‑time, high‑precision target coordinates for subsequent precision strikes. TIM-X260 Heavy‑Lift Firefighting UAV: The X260 takes off with fire‑extinguishing bombs, flies to the designated location, and accurately drops the bombs from above to quickly suppress and instantly smother critical fire points, demonstrating an efficient firefighting workflow of “detect and destroy.”

This integrated "reconnaissance‑location‑strike" UAV combat system achieved remarkable results during the drill.

1. Achieved "full coverage" and "precision" in fire perception.

It achieves seamless reconnaissance from the "macro" to the "micro" level, enabling the command center to simultaneously grasp the overall fire situation and every critical detail, thereby doubling decision‑making efficiency.

2. Achieved precise firefighting capability with "second‑level response".

 Through the data link, the time from fire detection to strike delivery is reduced to the extreme, greatly improving the timeliness and effectiveness of firefighting.

3. Established a new firefighting model featuring "man-machine collaboration and air-ground integration".

 The entire system demonstrated how UAV swarms can undertake the most dangerous and demanding reconnaissance and initial firefighting tasks, effectively protecting the safety of firefighters and freeing ground forces to perform more complex mop‑up and guarding duties, marking the entry of forest firefighting tactics into a new intelligent phase.

In this drill in Liangshan, CHENGDU TIMESTARS CO., LTD. demonstrated its full‑chain solution capability in forest firefighting — from “early detection” to “mid‑term precise positioning” to “late‑stage precise suppression” — through a collaborative combat system comprising three TIM‑series UAVs. This was not merely a showcase of individual products, but a successful validation of mature tactics, providing reliable technical equipment support and a new tactical paradigm for responding to real‑world major forest fires in the future.