Maricopa Community Colleges  AJS289AI   19986-19986 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  12/08/98  
AJS289AI     19986-19986 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Explosive Awareness for Emergency Responders
Procedures to recognize, identify, and take 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 instructor.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
AJS289AI   19986-19986 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 ordnance. (II)
3. Describe the decision-making elements in command post location and escape route identification. (III)
4. Describe the procedures of searching specific enclosures. (IV)
5. Describe a "booby trap." (V)
6. Describe specific safety precautions, based on blast pressure effects, to be enforced should an explosive device be suspected. (VI)
7. Identify several methods of controlling the amount of damage from an explosive or explosive device. (VII)
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AJS289AI   19986-19986 Explosive Awareness for Emergency Responders
    I. Review of bombings in America
      II. Explosive recognition
          A. High explosives
          B. Low explosives
          C. Commercial ordnance
          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 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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