Use Cases for Emergency Response Missions with Small Unmanned Aerial Systems

Main Use Cases

Use Case	Description	Contrib. Stakeholders	Main Use Case
UC1	River and Ice Search & Rescue	South Bend Firefighters	RiverRescue.md
UC2	Item Delivery	DeLive, Cardiac Science	ItemDelivery.md
UC3	Traffic Accidents	South Bend Firefighters	AccidentSurveillance.md
UC4	Structural Fires	South Bend Firefighters	StructuralFire.md
UC5	Environmental Sampling (air & water)	Environmental Scientists	EnvironmentalSampling.md

Supporting Use Cases

Use Case	Description	Link
SC1	Activate and Arm	ActivateAndArm.md
SC2	Active Tracking	ActiveTracking.md
SC3	Area Flight Route Coverage	AreaFlightRouteCoverage.md
SC4	Collect and Analyze Sample	CollectAndAnalyseSample.md
SC5	End Mission	EndMission.md
SC6	Flight Authorization	FlightAuthorization.md
SC7	Fly to destination	FlyToDestination.md
SC8	Image Capture and Analysis	ImageCaptureAndAnalysis.md
SC9	Item Drop	ItemDrop.md
SC10	Lease Airspace	LeaseAirspace.md
SC11	Synchronized Takeoff	SynchronizedTakeoff.md
SC12	Victim Confirmation	VictimConfirmation.md

General Exception Cases apply across all other use cases

Use Case	Description	Link
EC1	Loss of Signal	LossOfSignal.md
EC2	Geofence Vicinity Breach	GeofenceIncursion.md
EC3	Low Battery	LowBattery.md

Hazard Groupings

Hazard Group	Description	Link to Hazard Information
HG1 - Collisions	Hazards related to collisions between multiple UAVs and/or UAVs and other objects	collisions.md	✔️
HG2 - Communication	Loss of communication with the UAV	communication.md	✔️
HG3 - Hardware/Sensors	Hardware and sensors	sensors.md	✔️
HG4 - Mission Awareness	Hazards associated with general situational awareness and operator empowerment during a mission	missionawareness.md	✔️
HG5 - Mission Planning	Hazards related to planning and managing flight routes	missionplanning.md	✔️
HG6 - Preflight Configuration	Prelaunch hazards	preflightchecks.md	✔️
HG7 - Regulatory Compliance	Hazards related to flight authorization and other regulations	prohibited-airspace.md	✔️
HG8 - Weather related	Weather related hazards	weather.md	✔️