Search & Rescue Drone Training CPD
The Drone Hub’s Search & Rescue Drone Training CPD Course provides practical and operationally focused training for Search & Rescue teams, Mountain Rescue organisations, emergency services, security professionals and drone operators seeking to develop specialist search capabilities.
Designed around real-world deployments, this Search & Rescue CPD course combines classroom-based learning with practical field exercises, enabling delegates to understand how drones can enhance search effectiveness, improve situational awareness and support ground teams during critical incidents.
The course begins during the afternoon and progresses into darkness, allowing delegates to gain valuable experience in night operations, thermal imaging and low-light search techniques.
Why Search & Rescue Teams Use Drones
Drone technology has become an increasingly important capability within Search & Rescue operations. Equipped with advanced thermal imaging sensors and high-resolution cameras, drones can rapidly cover large areas, identify points of interest and support decision-making during time-critical incidents.
Search & Rescue Drone Training provides operators with the knowledge and skills required to deploy UAS safely and effectively during:
- Missing person searches
- Vulnerable person incidents
- Lost dog and animal searches
- Security searches
- Rural and urban search operations
- Open terrain and woodland searches
- Night-time search operations
Learn from Experienced Search Professionals
The Drone Hub brings together extensive operational experience in drone-assisted search operations.
Our instructors have supported numerous searches involving missing persons, vulnerable individuals, lost dogs and security-related incidents using a range of drone platforms and sensor technologies.
Training is further enhanced by an instructor with more than 15 years of experience within Cheshire Mountain Rescue Team, who continues to deliver specialist search training to operational rescue teams. Delegates benefit from practical knowledge, lessons learned and proven techniques developed through genuine Search & Rescue deployments.
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Who Should Attend This Search & Rescue CPD Course?
This course is ideal for:
- Mountain Rescue Teams
- Lowland Rescue Teams
- Search & Rescue Volunteers
- Emergency Services Personnel
- Security Teams
- Drone Operators
- Local Authorities
- Civil Contingencies Organisations
- Event Safety Teams
- Search Dog Organisations
Course Information
Course Type: Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Duration: Afternoon and Evening
Start Time: 13:00
Finish Time: Approximately 22:00
Location: The Drone Hub
Practical Training: Daylight and Night Operations
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Why Choose The Drone Hub?
The Drone Hub delivers professional Search & Rescue Drone Training based on real operational experience, modern drone technology and proven search methodologies.
With expertise spanning missing person searches, thermal drone operations, security searches and mountain rescue environments, our instructors provide delegates with practical skills that can be applied immediately within operational settings.
Whether you are a Search & Rescue volunteer, emergency responder or professional drone operator, this course provides valuable knowledge and hands-on experience in drone-assisted search operations.







