Dates: February 10-13, 2025

Course Content
This course provides the participant with actual sUAS flight time utilizing a training quadcopter. This course is also designed to prepare operators to successfully pass the remote pilot knowledge test and achieve FAA remote pilot certification.

**Actual FAA testing must be administered at an authorized
Knowledge Testing Center and is NOT included in the course.**

Target Audience/Discipline
First Responder Personnel (Police, Fire, EMS, Emergency Management, Hazardous Materials) who could encounter an emergency involving hazardous materials/ weapons of mass destruction (WMD), and who are expected to recognize the presence of the HazMat/WMD, protect themselves, call for trained personnel, and
secure the area.

Eligibility
Students must be Public Sector Employees or Volunteers. Eligible individuals must be employed by or serve within a political subdivision, such as a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (whether incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under state law or not), any other regional or intrastate government entity, or any agency or instrumentality of a local government. Private sector, federal, non-profit, and not-for-profit employees may not be eligible for these classes unless they also volunteer in a public sector position. Volunteers must apply through their respective public sector agencies. This program is open to Texas residents only.

Cost
There is no cost to attend TDEM-sponsored HAZMAT training.

Sponsored By
The Texas Division of Emergency Management.

Funded By
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), under the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grant program

Enrollment Information

To register, scan the QR code or visit
https://forms.office.com/r/KfT9fybCcy

For more information, email the HMEP Program Coordinator at:
techhaz@tdem.texas.gov