Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) published a new focus sheet that provides information to support the safe and compliant use of small, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also referred to as drones. The focus sheet is a resource for units operating/utilizing UASs to comply with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements.
University units and departments using small UAS are required to follow Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety and operating requirements, including, but not limited to:
- Register the UAS with the FAA and properly label it.
Source: space.com - Obtain a remote pilot certificate.
- Conduct and document a pre-flight inspection.
- Only fly during daylight hours (30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset).
- Do not fly over people unless they are directly participating in the operation of the UAS.
- Do not operate indoors without approval from the manager of the building.
- Do not use UAS to monitor or record activities of people where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy.
- Do not operate in and around stadiums starting one hour before and ending one hour after the scheduled time of the event.
View the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Focus Sheet for more information.
Please contact Environmental Health & Safety with questions.