{"id":49133,"date":"2018-12-11T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=49133"},"modified":"2024-10-25T09:12:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T14:12:21","slug":"accs-public-safety-training-center-to-offer-drone-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/12\/11\/accs-public-safety-training-center-to-offer-drone-training\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC’s Public Safety Training Center to offer drone training"},"content":{"rendered":"

KXAN News: ACC’s Public Safety Training Center to offer drone training<\/a><\/p>\n

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Steffi Lee<\/a><\/p>\n

AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 As more police and fire departments turn to drones as a resource for responding to emergency scenarios, Austin Community College\u2019s Public Safety Training Center in Hays County will serve as a hub for training these agencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustin Community College, through the Public Safety Training Center, is dedicated to improving the training and abilities of our public safety officials,\u201d Dale Toler, director of the center, said. \u201cThat includes fire department employees and emergency management.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve partnered with Drone Pilot, Inc. to offer training classes. The center hopes to serve as a resource statewide.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrone Pilot has a 100-hour course that spans three months,\u201d Toler explained. \u201cTwo days each month are for the classroom and then you go back and you work with your drone for 40 plus hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, several teams comprised of law enforcement agencies and first responders tested and competed in different emergency scenarios.  <\/p>\n

Drone Pilot, Inc. hopes it can provide the necessary training for public safety officials to know how to safely and efficiently operate a drone when needed.  <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no proficiency operation that has to be performed to be an operator for a drone,\u201d John Buell, president of the company, said. \u201cThat\u2019s where our company comes into play. We offer hands-on training that gets you a proficiency level for operating all robotics \u2013 air, ground and maritime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buell said the current licensing process only requires a written exam. By offering this training, public safety officials could learn how to use the information collected from the drone to help with decision making, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re standardizing this region,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve developed a way to train public safety and first responders that keeps everybody on the same operation standard across disciplines, from fire, city, EMS or city government.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Public Safety Training Center is scheduled to host nine classes in 2019. Toler expects that number to double for 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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