Developing a Drone/UAS Program for your

Public Safety Agency

November 13, 2019

National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation
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AGENDA
• 10:10 AM Welcome/Introductions – Austin Worcester
• 10:15 AM Review of Session Topics – Austin Worcester, Civil Air Patrol
• 10:20 AM Small Group Discussion: Have you attempted to start a UAS program? Was it Successful? Why or Why not?
• 10:35 AM Small Group Report-Outs
• 10:50 AM Drone/UAS standards and regulations – Austin Worcester, Civil Air Patrol
• 11:00 AM Local UAS Program - Jason Warzinik, Boone County, MO
• 11:15 AM Drone/UAS Imagery and platform for your mission needs - Austin Worcester, Civil Air Patrol
• 11:25 AM Facilitated Discussion: If your agency has used UAS, what mission types were they used for? How did you select
imagery collected and platform used?
• 11:35 AM Drone/UAS Imagery End Products – Austin Worcester, Civil Air Patrol; Catherine Bohn, Dewberry and Katie
Picchione, FEMA
• 11:45 AM Facilitated Discussion: Communicating your program, Discovering other Drone/UAS efforts.
• 11:55 AM Tracking Housing Recovery after California Wildfires - Catherine Bohn, Dewberry
• 12:00 PM Wrap-up

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Small Group Discussion
• Have you attempted to start a UAS program?
• Was it Successful? Why or Why not?

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Drone/UAS Standards and Regulations
Mr. Austin “Sauce” Worcester
Senior Program Manager for sUAS
Civil Air Patrol
Maxwell AFB, AL

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UAS Standards and Regulations
Civilian Govt. COA vs FAA Part 107

U.S. Government Use (Civilian vs DoD)

State Regulation???

American Security Drone Act of 2019

FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

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Local UAS Program
Jason Warzinik, Boone County, MO

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Who We Are
• Boone County Fire Protection District / Missouri Task Force 1
• Boone County Government
• Boone Electric Cooperative
• Missouri SEMA

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 LocalHistory
Local sUAS History

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Agreed to Standardize - DJI as sUAS
DJI Mavic Pro & Mavic Enterprise Dual
DJI Matrice 210 (m210)
All-Weather Professional sUAS
24-38 Minute Flight Times (depending on load)
Zenmuse Z30 (30X optical zoom)
Zenmuse FLIR XT
LumaCube Night Spotlights
SafeAir Safety System
Auto-Tensioning Tether Kit
2nd Controller & CrystalSky Monitor
Stinger Gas/Radiation Meter Mount
Claw Drop System - 5lb cargo

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Agreed to Standardize – FAA Part 107

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Agreed to Standardize – FAA Part 107
METAR: KCOU 011954Z 01007KT 10SM CLR
25/12 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02500122

AREAS ON THE TESTS

➢ Applicable regulations, limitations, and flight operation
➢ Airspace classification, operating requirements, and flight
restrictions affecting small unmanned aircraft operation
➢ Aviation weather sources and effects of weather on small
unmanned aircraft performance
➢ Small unmanned aircraft loading
➢ Emergency procedures
➢ Crew resource management
➢ Radio communication procedures
➢ Determining the performance of small unmanned aircraft
➢ Physiological effects of drugs and alcohol
➢ Aeronautical decision-making and judgment
➢ Airport operations
➢ Maintenance and preflight inspection procedures

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Agreed to Standardize – Flight Skills Training
• Pre and Post Flight Checklists
• Skills Training
• Basic-to-Advanced
• Manual and Autonomous
• Mission Specific

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Agreed to Standardize – Flight Skills Training

https://www.nist.gov/el/intelligent-systems-
division-73500/response-robots/aerial-systems

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 Agreed to Standardize – Apps
AirData.com - Flight Data Platform Pix4D Capture and ESRI Drone2Map
Photogrammetry and sUAS Mapping Software

App UAV Forecast

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sUAS/GIS Response Vehicle
• Hardware
• Honda EU2000iS Generator & UPS Power (x2)
• DesignJet T120 24” Plotter
• LaserJet Multifunction 8.5”x11” Printer
• CradlePoint (Wifi/Satellite/Cell/LAN) Internet Access
• Mavic Pro sUAS (x4)
• M210 sUAS (x2)
• iPad Mini Tablets (x12)
• Icom IC-A6 FAA Communications Radio (x2)
• Garmin GPSMAP 64st Handheld GPS (x25)
• GIS Server/Workstation (dual monitors)
• GIS Mobile Laptop
• 37” HDTV with MicroPC - Map Viewer
• Tailgate Shelter Canopy
• Fire extinguisher (x4)
• GIS Software
• Drone2Map
• ArcGIS Pro & ArcMap Desktop
• Survey123 & QuickCapture
• Collector for ArcGIS
• Portal for ArcGIS
• ArcGIS Server Enterprise https://bcfpdgis.org

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sUAS/GIS Responses
Wildland Fire Reconnaissance

Non-dwelling fire

https://bcfpdgis.org

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sUAS/GIS Responses
Person Search

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sUAS/GIS Responses
Public Safety Common
Operating Map
400 acre 6 inch imagery
from 1,980 (9.2Gb)
individual sUAS photos

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sUAS/GIS Responses

https://arcg.is/1bKmKn

https://arcg.is/15HiLy1

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Drone/UAS Imagery and Platform for
your Mission Needs
Austin Worcester, Civil Air Patrol

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Which One Should I Use????? …so many choices, not enough time…

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What type of imagery (for what application) are you looking for???

Oblique Still (Geo-referenced or not?)

Thermographic LiDAR

NADIR Still (Geo-referenced or not?)

Video (EO / IR) Magnetic Survey

Orthomosaic (Geo-rectified or not?)

Ground Penetrating Radar
Multispectral

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What purpose are you obtaining imaging for?
WHAT?????? FOR WHAT PHASE OF THE EFFORT??????

Incident Awareness and Assessment (IAA) Preparedness / Pre-event Mitigation

Critical Infrastructure Assessment Response

Search and Rescue (Crowd Sourcing?) Recovery

Recovery / Construction Progress Post Event Mitigation

Debris Volumetric Imagery

Terrain evaluation

Vegetation Assessment

Etc., Etc., ETC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BLUF!!!! (Bottom Line Up Front)
• There isn’t a single solution – take the time to make a good
decision and do some research. Do actual testing under non-
emergency or time dependent conditions to develop the
product you need!
• Never fall for the company’s sales tactics and pitch – they all
look COOL!!!!!!

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Facilitated Discussion
• If your agency has used UAS, what mission types were they used for?
• How did you select imagery collected and platform used?

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Drone/UAS Imagery End Products

Austin Worcester, Civil Air Patrol

Catherine Bohn, Dewberry
Katie Picchione, FEMA

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The Georeferenced Orthomosaic

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Thermography

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Crowd Sourcing Search and Rescue

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Facilitated Discussion
• Communicating your program – Best Practices
• Discovering other Drone/UAS efforts.
• How have you learned about programs in your region?
• What organizations are you aware of that support UAS or have UAS capabilities?

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UAS for Recovery: Tracking Housing
Recovery after California Wildfires
Catherine Bohn, Dewberry

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Wrap-up
Upcoming Sessions:
Remote Sensing, Imagery, and Drones for Response and Recovery Workshop
Day 3: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Time: 9:00am-12:30pm
Remote Sensing Innovation Working Group Meeting (Open)
Day3: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Time: 1:00-4:00pm

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Thank you!

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