July 2024. Blues Vol 40 No.7

APSCON CLASSES All

APSCON CLASSES All APSCON classes will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Tech Talks will be conducted on Thursday and Friday at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The Tech Talk schedule will be posted in the onsite APSCON 2024 Program Guide for your convenience. THURSDAY • AUGUST 1, 2024 Water Survival/ Egress Classroom Instruction 0800 – 1630 Survival Systems USA, Inc. will conduct Water Survival and Egress Training, where students will learn from a team of experts how to egress after ditching in water and how to use your emergency air and survival vest. Equipment and techniques will be discussed in a classroom-ground school setting, followed by practical application in the dunker at the hotel pool. The registration fee for members is 5, plus a waiver form that must be completed prior to training. Survival Systems USA, Inc. Room 371AD / Hilton Pool 1030 – 1600 NETWORKING & TRADESHOW Exhibit Hall EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS 1000 – 1130 General Session: FAA Security Issues Instructor TBD Room 372CF Facilitated by Cory DeArmitt, APSA Safety Program Manager 1300 – 1430 Safety Symposium Panelists: Dudley Crosson, PhD, APSA Aeromedical Liaison/Delta P, Inc. Dan Knight, APSA Training Program Manager Room 372CF Chris Young, Pik West Insurance Agency 1500 – 1630 SAR Round Table- Trends, Concerns, Working Group and Online Meetings Dan Knight, APSA Training Program Manager Charley Shimanski, ICAR President Room 372CF 120 The Blues - July ‘24 16 AIR BEAT MAGAZINE l Conference Preview l 2024

APSCON CLASSES FRIDAY • AUGUST 2, 2024 Accidents in Helicopter Rescue Operations (Search and Rescue) Charley Shimanski, ICAR President Cory DeArmitt, APSA Safety Program Manager Room 370BE Covering Smuggling Techniques and Scenarios Involving Kilo Packages Across the Country (Tactics) Kenny Maldonado, FAA LEAP Room 370AD Degraded Visual Environment Induced Spatial Disorientation (Natural Resources) Tyson Phillips, AT Systems, LLC Room 371CF 0830 – 1000 PPE and Fire Resistant Clothing (Safety) Skip Tackett, Brunner Aerospace, LLC Room 372AD Public Aircraft Operations: Review and Update (Aircraft Acquisition) Don Roby, Airborne Public Safety Association Room 370CF Public Safety Aviation Unit Commanders Round Table (Unit Manger/Round Table) Richard Bray, APSA President/Chief Pilot, Alachua County (FL) Room 371BE TFO Selection and Assessment (Training) Clay Lacey, Texas Department of Public Safety Room 371AD Air Support to K-9 Operations (Tactics) Clay Lacey, Texas Department of Public Safety Room 370AD An Aircraft Ditching in Austin - A Survival Story (Training) Dwyane Havis, Texas Parks and Wildlife Room 371AD CFI Roundtable Discussion (Training) Randy Rowles, Helicopter Institute/ FAA Designated Examiner Room 371BE FAA UAS Update - What's New (UAS) Mike O'Shea, FAA Program Manager, Public Unmanned Aircraft Operations Room 381C 1030 – 1200 Human Performance Part 1 (Aeromedical) Dudley Crosson, Texas Department of Public Safety Room 372AD Lost Person Behavior (Search and Rescue) Ken Solosky, NYPD Air Support (Ret.) Room 370BE Manned / Unmanned Airspace Deconfliction (Tactics for Drone and Manned Aviation) Robert Cameron, Texas Department of Public Safety Room 371CF Jason Day, Texas Department of Public Safety Success Stories in the Use of Drone in Public Safety (UAS) Matthew King, Aurora Uncrewed Test Site Room 381B Robert Dooley, Florida Highway Patrol US Army Exchange Sales Program (UH60, C-12, UAS) Gerald Dwyer, Texas Department of Public Safety Room 370CF The www.publicsafetyaviation.org Blues - July ‘24 121 l 17