This UAV on-site risk assessment checklist guides remote pilots and teams through preflight planning and safety controls. It covers site hazards and obstructions, public access and crowd control, terrain conditions, and flight safety areas for takeoff, landing, emergency, and holding. The checklist prompts airspace checks including ATC coordination, FRZ considerations, and NOTAM reviews, plus weather assessment and GPS locks. It supports safe distance and separation planning, permissions within TOL zones, and documentation of mitigation in a risk matrix. Team briefing, observer duties, radio checks, emergency contacts, insurance verification, and final sign-off are included to ensure compliant, safe drone operations.
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