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Thanks for requesting the First Responder Drone Program Readiness Checklist.

Download the checklist below and use it with your command staff, UAS team, training division, or grant planning group to review your agency’s readiness for Part 107, hands-on flight training, SAR, tactical/SWAT operations, DFR, Shielded Operations, waiver support, SOPs, and recurrent training.

Want help interpreting your results?

V1DroneMedia can help your agency identify the right next step — whether that is Part 107 training, hands-on flight training, SAR, tactical/SWAT training, DFR, Shielded Operations, waiver support, or program implementation.

What To Do Next

Mostly A’s: Foundation Stage:

Start with Part 107, pilot selection, basic hands-on flight training, and initial SOPs.

Mostly B’s: Mission-Ready Stage:

Build SAR, thermal, tactical/SWAT, night operations, NIST-based proficiency, and recurrent training.

Mostly C’s: Advanced Operations Stage:

Evaluate DFR, Shielded Operations, BVLOS, Part 91/Part 107 pathway planning, waiver support, SOPs, and implementation.