International Emergency Drone Organization (IEDO)

Name

International Emergency Drone Organization (IEDO)

Legal name

International Emergency Drone Organization

Website

https://iedo-drone.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety Drone Training and Emergency Services Education

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Educational Support Services (611710), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Response & Search and Rescue (SAR) (BPADADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mine Action & Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) (BPADADAM), Integrated Education & Training (IET) / Contextualized ABE (Workforce-Linked) (EDAAAAAK)

Keywords

• Emergency drone operations
• Public safety robotics
• First responder training
• Search rescue drones
• Fire rescue aviation

Headquarters

HQ city

Versailles

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions: As a non-profit association, IEDO operates through member contributions and general interest approval status in France. Members include firefighters, police officers, paramedics, doctors, coast guards, SAR volunteers, and other emergency responders.
2. Donations: IEDO accepts donations through its website to support the association's mission of promoting life-saving robotics and drones for first responders.
3. Training Program Fees: International Police Drone Training courses offered at €365 for IPA/IEDO members and €495 for non-members for one week all-inclusive training at Gimborn castle, Germany.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IEDO is an international non-profit association that delivers a community membership, training programs, conferences, and a best practices knowledge base for first responders deploying drones and robotics in firefighting, policing, search and rescue, and other emergency operations. The association connects more than 1,000 members from 64 countries through national sections and working groups, and offers paid training courses, the annual IEDO CONF world conference, and the INTRACON training conference. Its flagship knowledge asset is the 130-page International Best Practices Report, developed with 73 expert contributors across 13 national working groups.

Product overview

IEDO operates as a membership-based international non-profit association offering a portfolio of interconnected services centered on emergency drone and robotics knowledge sharing. The core offerings include a global drone pilot community membership (connecting 1,000+ members from 64 countries), the International Robotic Best Practices Report (a 130-page knowledge publication), annual IEDO CONF world conferences, international police drone training programs in partnership with IPA, and INTRACON international training conferences. These services work together to fulfill IEDO's mission of promoting life-saving robotics and drones, supporting knowledge exchange, and developing training initiatives for first responders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drone Pilot Community Membership

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• F1RST CAMPUS (Florida First Training)minorOthers · 1 May 2024F1RST CAMPUS hosted the first INTRACON (International Training Conference) on May 20-22, 2024 at their facility in Land O' Lakes, FL 34637, USA. Venue provided for first responders to train together, exchange techniques, and learn new skills.
• IPA (International Police Association)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership signed in 2021 between IPA and IEDO to promote the use of drones by police forces worldwide with the aim of saving more lives. IPA representative Wesley Miljoen participates in the Police Drone Commission. IPA provides access to its international network for spreading IEDO's knowledge and expertise.
• CTIF (International Association of Fire and Rescue Services)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2020MoU signed in December 2020 between CTIF and IEDO to cooperate and create standardized procedures for the use of drones in emergency services. CTIF supports the IEDO initiative of sharing knowledge and its president Milan DUBRAVAC endorses the organization. CTIF representative Mark BOKDAM participates in the Fire and Rescue Drone Commission.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AUVSI (Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International): The largest US-based international membership association for the unmanned systems community. Directly comparable to IEDO as a non-profit membership body that sets standards, runs conferences, advocates for the UAS industry, and whose XCELLENCE award IEDO has won.

Broad incumbents

• International Police Association (IPA): The world's largest international police association with members in 68 countries. Comparable as a non-profit police association and direct IEDO partner through which police drone training is delivered; however IPA covers all policing topics, not just UAS.
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (UAS Programs): Major accredited provider of unmanned aircraft systems education and training, including public-safety applications. Comparable because it competes for the same first-responder drone training budgets IEDO targets, though with a degree-bearing academic model rather than a non-profit membership model.
• INSARAG (International Search and Rescue Advisory Group): UN-affiliated global network for urban search and rescue teams. Comparable as the institutional standard-setting body for international SAR operations, which intersects with IEDO's SAR-drone training and knowledge agenda.
• CTIF (International Association of Fire and Rescue Services): International non-profit association of fire and rescue services with national member organizations across dozens of countries. Comparable as a non-profit association serving the same fire-and-rescue institutional buyers that IEDO addresses, but with a far broader mandate beyond UAS.

Others

• CIRC (International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation): Academic/policy think tank with an international member and event-driven model. Included as a thematic analogue to illustrate the international non-profit knowledge-and-community organization archetype that IEDO represents, rather than as a direct drone-industry competitor.
• European UAS Standards Coordination (e.g., EUROCAE WG-73 / JARUS): International bodies coordinating UAS standards and recommended practices for civil aviation authorities. Comparable because IEDO's Best Practices Report effectively competes for influence with these formal standards bodies in the public-safety UAS domain.

Emerging players

• Drone Industry Insights: Commercial market intelligence and research firm focused on the commercial drone industry. Comparable as a knowledge-publisher and conference organizer serving the UAS ecosystem, overlapping with IEDO's Best Practices Report and IEDO CONF content offerings.
• MissionGO: US-based UAS services company specializing in medical cargo, SAR, and public-safety drone operations. Comparable as a commercial provider operating in the same emergency-services drone deployment space that IEDO trains and supports.
• DJI Enterprise: Largest commercial drone hardware and software provider with a dedicated public-safety vertical. Comparable because DJI runs its own training, best-practice content, and public-safety programs that overlap with IEDO's curriculum, though from a vendor-specific commercial standpoint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iedo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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