Maricopa Community Colleges  AJS289AF   19986-20044 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/26/98
AJS289AF 19986-20044 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Explosive Awareness for Emergency Responders
Procedures for recognizing, identifying, and taking proper precautions to limit and/or eliminate hazards of explosives in public safety agency calls for service. Prerequisites: Certified law enforcement officer, fireman, EMT, paramedic, or permission of the instructor.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
AJS289AF   19986-20044 Explosive Awareness for Emergency Responders
1. Describe past events involving public safety personnel and explosives. (I)
2. Identify various explosives by type: low explosive, high explosive, commercial, or military ordinance. (II)
3. Describe the decision-making elements in command post location and escape route identification. (III)
4. Describe the procedures for searching specific enclosures. (IV)
5. Describe a "booby trap". (V)
6. Describe specific safety precautions, based on blast pressure effects, to be enforced should there be suspicion of an explosive device. (VI)
7. Identify several methods of controlling the amount of damage from an explosive or explosive device. (VII)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
AJS289AF   19986-20044 Explosive Awareness for Emergency Responders
    I. Review of bombings in America
      II. Explosive recognition
          A. High explosive
          B. Low explosive
          C. Commercial ordinance
          D. Military ordnance
          E. Improvised explosives
        III. Bomb threat procedures
            A. Command post location
            B. Safe evacuation routes/areas
            C. Evaluating the threat
            D. Who directs an evacuation
          IV. Bomb search procedures
              A. Buildings
              B. Vehicles
              C. Aircraft
              D. Who conducts the search
              E. What areas are to be searched and in what order of priority
              F. What to do if a suspicious device is found
              G. What if nothing is found: who gives the order to reenter the area
            V. Homemade bombs, fuzing, and booby traps
                A. Packaging
                B. Fillers
                C. Fuzing
              VI. Estimating blast pressure effects
                  A. Blast pressures based on size and type of explosive material
                  B. Importance of knowing how to calculate pressures
                  C. Calculating a safe evacuation distance
                VII. Damage control procedures
                    A. Protection from overpressure and fragmentation
                    B. Minimum safe distances
                    C. Directional venting procedures
                    D. Secondary explosive device considerations
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