Assistant Chief Scott Mlakar (Ret)

Lake County Unmanned Response Team Coordinator/Chief Pilot

Unmanned Tactical Group 

North East Ohio Public Safety Unmanned Response Teams (NE0-PSURT)

Scott Mlakar is an Assistant Chief (Ret) with the Willoughby (OH) Fire Department where he has served for 40 years. He is a Paramedic, Hazmat Specialist, Technical Rescue Coordinator, Fire Investigator and Remote Pilot. He serves on the Fire Chief's Special Operations Committee in Lake County. He developed and oversees operations of the Lake County Public Safety Unmanned Response Team (Lake County PSURT), composed of Fire and Police officers. It provides UAS support to all of Lake County's Emergency Services and special teams. including SWAT, Bomb Squad, Haz-Mat Unit, Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team, Crime Lab, and Technical Rescue Teams.  and   He has presented at various National and International UAS conferences including Interdrone, Commercial UAV Expo Americas and the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC).  He is on the board for North East Ohio Public Safety Unmanned Response Teams Organization (NEO-PSURT) that is made of of Police and Fire Organizations around NE Ohio to train and coordinate Public Safety UAS resources. He has published articles for Fire Engineering and Air Beat Magazine on Public Safety UAS. He serves as Lead Instructor at Tri-C Community College as part of their Public Safety Drone program. Founding member or Unmanned Tactical Group LLC that specializes in training public safety agencies in Unmanned Systems Programs (Drone Programs) and Drone as First Responder (DFR) integration.