DRONE ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE TACTICS (DART)

The goal of the DART course is to help front-line first responders and emergency management personnel to recognize and assess an unmanned aircraft event for a potential threat, and to give basic awareness of how to assess and mitigate that threat. This course provides class participants with the knowledge and tools necessary to detect, identify, track, assess, mitigate and respond to commercial and hobbyist unmanned aircraft operations in the United States. This course will provide first responders with mitigation and response techniques to use if they determine that an unmanned aircraft is operating in an unsafe or illegal fashion. The DART course also alerts the participants to the possible terrorist use of unmanned aircraft and enables them to understand the dangers represented by terrorist use of unmanned aircraft.

Learning Objectives

• Identify equipment or techniques used to detect UAS activity.
• Understand UAS types, payload capabilities, laws, policies and regulations.
• Understand how to track UAS with or without equipment & demonstrate proficiency.
• Understand physical effects and dangers of IED detonation and evidence preservation.
• Identify terrorism dangers or threats posed by UAS activity.
• Understand proper use of force and mitigation measures

Recommended Audience

• Emergency management
• Emergency medical services
• Fire service
• Law enforcement

Mobile Delivery: DART AWR-407

This course is delivered by New Mexico Tech instructors in communities across the United States. Course delivery and materials funding is provided by The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Course level:

Awareness

Duration:

8 hours

Duration in days:

1

Continuing Education Units:

0.8

Version:

11.2021

Method of instruction:

Classroom presentation

Certification:

New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center course certification.