Drones in Disaster Management Certificate (DDM)
Course duration: 40 hours, spread over 2 weeks
Course Code: GRP-DDM – 107
Course Objectives
Participants will learn to fly for disasters and relevant regulations through 1.5 days of hands-on instructions. Pilots will work in teams to experience flight missions just as they would in support of a real disaster. The training will also include the important, but often overlooked, aspects of data management and the expectations of emergency managers.
The focus of training is on applying what has been studied and using it to help Disaster Preparedness, Response Training and Site/Structure Inspection. Students are instructed on the basics of aerial filming disaster preparedness drills to be used in training to specific client’s needs, the proper protocols on contact with first responders at a disaster site, working with insurance, proper flying manoeuvres and camera angles used to inspect structures, basic camera setup and operation with emphasis on videography settings and gimbal operation, and an introduction to First Person View (FPV) imaging operations where the drone is being flown as if the pilot were sitting in it, introduction to and use of modern “sensor” cameras including infrared (IR), LIDAR, 3D mapping (photogrammetry), Volumetric and NDVI.
Course Coverage
Theory
- PAS, PMA, emergency-disaster zoning, drones in emergency plans.
- Public and private security, rescue, firefighting, and appraisal reports.
- Symptoms of combat stress, survival, and stress management.
- Anti-drone systems.
- Flight planning, drone software, and reporting.
- Theoretical knowledge of operations in emergency and private security situations.
- Thermal camera and command post streaming (thermograph), fires.
- Search and rescue.
Practical
In this stage, students must put into practice all the knowledge they have during the 6 theoretical modules, in the following modules
- Search and rescue operations
- PMA installation procedures
- Security and perimeter surveillance
- Rescue and Salvage
Course Criterial
TEDPTA will provide this training to interested partners, including state and local public safety and other government agencies.
Fire department decision-makers, policymakers
The course is a must-have for anyone responsible for drone programs that support the following:
- Structural and wildland firefighting
- Search and rescue missions
- Hazardous material responses
- Natural disasters
- Other events where public safety operations would benefit from increased situational awareness.
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Be able to read, speak, write, and understand English.
- Be in a physical and mental condition to safely fly a drone.
Course Outcome
At the end of the course, student will be able to understand
- Applicable regulations relating to RPAS rating privileges, limitations, and flight operation.
- Airspace classification and operating requirements, and flight restrictions affecting small UA operation.
- Aviation weather sources and effects of weather on UAV/RPAS performance
- UA loading and performance.
- Emergency procedures
- Crew Resource Management (CRM)
- Radio communication procedures
- Figuring out the performance of UAV/RPAS
- Physiological effects of drugs and alcohol
- Aeronautical Decision-Making.
- Maintenance and preflight inspection procedures
- RPAS/UAV flight training (simulator and firsthand)
- Privacy & Legal Concerns
- Certificate of Completion
- Disaster Preparedness & Recovery Videography
- Working with First Responder’s and Insurance
- Structure Aerial Inspection Tactics
- Basic Camera Setup & Operation
- First Person View (FPV) Operations
- Using multispectral sensors including infrared (IR), LIDAR, 3D mapping (photogrammetry), Volumetric and NDVI.
This is the first part of the course, which covers all the knowledge you need to become an expert and support the different security and emergency operations. It is divided into 8 sub-modules