NWCG Unmanned Aircraft System Incursion Protocol for Wildland Firefighters

Notify ATGS
Time ATGS Notifies
UAS Spotted in the Dispatch Center
ATGS Location ATGSseparates Notify Incident
Vicinity of the YES incidentaircraft Intended
Overhead? Altitude Commander
Incident fromincursionarea Actions
Direction
Operator Request LE
location Operator
Resume fire
identified/
NO operations when
located and
safe
stopped?
NO
Notify Pilots
Notify dispatch of
Aircraft over fire Time
incursion Divertenroute YES
(airtanker or Location Notify Incident
YES Intended aircraftifneeded
helicopter) Altitude Commander
actions
Direction Relay to law IC insures incident
Request LE
Operator? enforcement. if reported via
Location SAFECOM system
NO Contact info and to FAA
Specific
Details
Operator IC (or designee)
Resume fire
Notify Dispatch of Divert Enroute Identified/ Reports Incident via
NO operations when
incursion Aircraft if Needed Located and SAFECOM system
safe
Stopped and to FAA
IC (or designee)
Resume fire
Reports Incident via
YES operations when
SAFECOM system
safe
and to FAA
Relay to law
enforcement.
Location
Contact info
KeyPoints
Specific [Link],saysomething.
Details FirepersonnelshouldreportallunauthorizedUAS,ordrone,activityviatheSAFECOMsystem.
[Link](color,size,altitude,flightpattern)shouldbereportedif
[Link].
Unlessatemporaryflightrestriction(TFR)isinplace,itmaybepossibleforthedroneactivity
Resume fire
operations when
[Link],requestingaTFRisrecommended.
safe IfyouencounterapersonoperatingaUASoveryourincident,asimplerequestforthemto
[Link],[Link]
personnelshouldbeassessedinanyoperatorcontact.
Incident DispatchcentersshouldreportUASincursionstothenearestAirTrafficControlCenter.
Commander (or Safetyofflightshouldbeprimaryoveranyfireaircraftlocatingtheoperator.
designee)
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Report via
SAFECOM System [Link]/regulations_policies/media/FAA_UASPO_LEA_Guidance.pdf
and to FAA
Refer to NWCG Memo 16-006 Unmanned Aircraft Incursion Protocol for Wildland Firefighters