FAST Project

Fast Recovery and Sustained Resilience in Post-Helene Restoration in North Carolina

This portal provides a public-facing entry point for the Task 1 drone imagery viewer. The viewer supports review of collected aerial imagery and field context for selected locations in western North Carolina.

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Available resource

Task 1 Map Viewer

The linked viewer is for Task 1 drone-based mapping only. Other FAST project activities are not represented in this web map.

Drone imagery collected on January 20, 2026.
Locations are selectable from the viewer dropdown menu.
The base map is shown only for geographic context.

Disclaimer

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Project overview

A resilience-focused recovery project for North Carolina communities

FAST brings ORNL and regional collaborators together to support post-Helene restoration and long-term resilience planning in North Carolina. This page is intentionally limited to general project context and Task 1 drone imagery access.

Community recovery context

Project activities are connected to restoration needs in storm-affected areas of western North Carolina.

Field-informed information

Task 1 provides collected aerial imagery to help visualize current landscape and location context.

Focused map access

The map viewer is a Task 1 resource and should not be interpreted as representing other project tasks.

Dataset description

Drone imagery dataset

The dataset contains aerial imagery collected by drone on January 20, 2026. Imagery from multiple locations was processed for web-based viewing so users can navigate the areas through the Task 1 map viewer. The open base map appears only as geographic context and is not part of the dataset.

Chimney Rock

Aerial imagery coverage is available in the Task 1 viewer.

Viewer location

EMS Facility

Aerial imagery coverage is available in the Task 1 viewer.

Viewer location

Old Fort

Aerial imagery coverage is available in the Task 1 viewer.

Viewer location

Flight locations and authorization

Flight records

Flight information below is included as a public-facing summary of the locations and authorization records associated with the January 20, 2026 drone imagery collection.

Chimney Rock

NOTAM SUG 01/267. Authorized area: 3 NM radius. Maximum altitude: 400 ft AGL. Time window: 1200-2200Z.

Bat Cave

NOTAM SUG 01/268. Authorized area: 3 NM radius. Maximum altitude: 400 ft AGL. Time window: 1200-2200Z.

Project team

Contributors and collaborators

The FAST project includes ORNL contributors and regional collaborators supporting recovery and resilience activities.

Leadership

Jamie Lian, Principal Investigator; Peter Fuhr, Co-Principal Investigator.

ORNL contributors

Jason Richards, Ali Boyaci, Ali Ekti, Yan Liu, Haowen Xu, Ben Ollis, Drew Herron, Jin Dong, and Frank Li.

Collaborators

DRG Solutions: Mike Marshall, Travis Smith, Kevin Price, and Phil Irminger. Appalachian Voices: Kristin Stroup.