Drones allow public safety organizations to augment their ground public safety teams and move beyond their vehicles in order to execute aerial search and rescue

missions, provide improved situational awareness, assist with exposure reduction and provide mapping capabilities more efficiently. This is a three-day public safety

drone training course with 1 day classroom and 2 days situational field / flight training. Students will gain knowledge and practical experience in pre-planning, incident management, mission planning, scene management, drone platforms and payloads, software, safe drone operations, drone search and rescue missions, mapping,

thermal imaging, and night operations. Learn to successfully fly SAR missions and other supporting missions. The course will enable the students to identify clearly

their own limitations as well as those of the equipment, so that they will be able to utilize drones safely and effectively.    

Day One - Classroom

PHILOSOPHY and STANDARDS

EQUIPMENT

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

UAS OPERATIONS

LANDING SITES and RECOVERY

EMERGENCY/CONTINGENCY PROCEDURES

UAS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY - Types of Public Safety Missions

Day Two - Field-Flight Operations

• Risk Assessment
• Mission Brief
• Pre-Flight
• Mapping
• Photographic documentation of scenes
• Debrief

Day Three - Field-Flight Operations

• Risk Assessment
• Mission Brief
• Pre-Flight
• Tactical ISR - intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
• Payload delivery
• Debrief

Students Must have Agency approval and bring at least one drone per three agency personnel.