{"id":13865,"date":"2019-09-24T12:31:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=13865"},"modified":"2019-09-24T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:31:03","slug":"faa-encourages-industry-to-think-safety-on-first-drone-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/faa-encourages-industry-to-think-safety-on-first-drone-awareness-week\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Encourages Industry to Think Safety on First Drone Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is encouraging\nthe drone community to help spread the word on drone safety with the first\nNational Drone Safety Awareness Week, taking place, Nov. 4-10, 2019. The FAA\u2019s\nhighest priority is to ensure the safety of the National Airspace System (NAS),\nand during National Drone Safety Awareness Week, the FAA reminds drone pilots\nand stakeholders that airspace safety is everyone\u2019s responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"248\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Drone-Safety.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Drone-Safety.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Drone-Safety-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During this weeklong campaign, key sectors of the drone community \u2013 local governments, municipalities and recreational flyers \u2013 will highlight their work on drones, engage the public in activities related to drones, and kick off new safety initiatives. As the FAA integrates drones into the NAS, they want to do all they can to ensure that these new operators are familiar with and adhere to the safety culture. Leading up to National Drone Safety Awareness Week, the FAA will provide leadership and support with downloadable materials from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/resources\/events_calendar\/drone_safety_awareness\/\">FAA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stakeholders will do their part by holding events that\nengage and educate the general community about drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key sectors have a specific day of the week to focus on\ntheir area of interest or expertise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday: Public Safety and Security<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday: Business \u2013 Photography, Real Estate, Insurance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday: Business \u2013 Infrastructure and Agriculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday: Business \u2013 Commercial and Medical Package\nDelivery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday: Education and STEM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday and Sunday: Recreational Flyers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA has provided guidance in the form of a\nStakeholder Playbook for participants of National Drone Safety Awareness Week\nand graphics designed for each key sector:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/resources\/events_calendar\/drone_safety_awareness\/media\/National_Drone_Safety_Awareness_Week_Stakeholder_Playbook.pdf\">Stakeholder Playbook<\/a> for ideas and inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the National Drone Safety Awareness Week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/resources\/events_calendar\/drone_safety_awareness\/\">graphics<\/a> and apply them to your event materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tag your social media stories with #DroneWeek to let us\nknow you\u2019re participating in National Drone Safety Awareness Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Drone Safety Awareness Week Participants are\nencouraged to share their planned events with the entire community using the\nUnmanned Safety Team\u2019s National Drone Safety Week Voluntary Tracking Tool at\nhttp:\/\/unmannedaircraftsafetyteam.org\/safetyweek\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information, visit faa.gov\/go\/DroneWeek or\nemail DroneSafetyWeek@faa.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is encouraging the drone community to help spread the word on drone safety with the first National Drone Safety Awareness Week, taking place, Nov. 4-10, 2019. The FAA\u2019s highest priority is to ensure the safety of the National Airspace System (NAS), and during National Drone Safety Awareness Week, the FAA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13867,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13865\/revisions\/13867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}