Youngstown police and fire officials are looking into bringing in drones to benefit their departments.

A demonstration on the various features some drones have to offer made the decision clear for first responders.

"Quite a bit of things that we can use it for," said Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley. "High rise, high rise fire, search and rescue, hazmat incidents to give the incident commander a better overview of the entire scene so that he can make his strategic decision on how he wants to mitigate the scene," he said.

The thermal feature, for example, would help locate a missing person in a fire or a forest. Finley says it would minimize the time it takes to fight fires.

"Instead of sending the guys up there, we can look through the window with the drone and see what we have burning, see if anybody's down," said Finley. "And it decreases our time for what we have to do to get to the person, to get them out," he said.

Councilwoman Anita Davis is a strong advocate for the drones.

"First and foremost, that's what this is for, it's for our first responders," said Davis. "It's about the first responders so they can do their jobs more efficiently and safely and most of all to our benefit," she said.

With the drones able to fly 400 feet in the air capturing video, other city officials tell 21 News they agree with Davis.

"Drones I think would be perfect," said Youngstown Police Chief Carl Davis. "I think it would meet our needs as far as missing persons, traffic situations and pursuits, crowd control, concerts, festivals, I think the possibilities are endless," he said.

Councilwoman Davis says this is not something that's far down the road and can see the drones active in the city, early next year.