course | Management of Safety and Storage Strategies For Explosive and Munitions Symposium

Introduction to Explosives Safety

• Modeling of Explosion Effects and Consequences.
• Understand OSHA standards for explosives manufacturing management.
• Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA).
• Policy and Standards.
• Insensitive Munitions.
• Accident Reporting.

 Improving Safety – Reducing the Risk of Accidental Explosions

• Assessing and Managing Risk in Ammunition Storage and Processing Facilities
• Ammunition Handling and Storage Management
• Ammunition Handling, Stacking, and ESH Management
• Climatic Protection
• Storage by Hazard Division and Compatibility Group
• Fire Prevention
• Management and Segregation of Military Propellants
• Destruction of Unsafe and Surplus Stock 

Improving Safety – Mitigating and Managing the Effects of Accidental Explosions

• Explosive Licensing and the Use of Quantity Distances.
• Safeguarding Explosives Storage Areas.
• Practical Measures to Prevent the Prompt Initiation of Adjacent Explosive Storehouses.
• Managing Explosions in Ammunition Storage Areas.
• Minimizing Personnel Exposure Inside Ammunition Facilities.

 Developing Storage Infrastructure for Conflict-Affected and Low-Capacity Environments

• Planning Considerations.
• A guide to developing national standards for ammunition management.
• Use of Open Ammunition Stacks.
• Shipping Container-Based Storage Solutions.
• Light-Walled Structures.
• Compartmented Light-Walled Structures.
• Pre-Fabricated Earth Covered Magazine.
• Enhancing Existing Ammunition Infrastructure. 

Implementing Effective Security Measures and Preventing Stock Diversion

• Security Risk Assessment.
• Security Infrastructure Appropriate for Conflict-Affected and Low-Capacity Environments.
• Separation of Weapons and Ammunition.
• Security Infrastructure for Conflict-Affected and Low-Capacity Settings.
• Prevention of Diversion.

Managing Unclassified Ammunition:

• Introduction to the Hazard Classification of Ammunition.
• Overview of the Problem
• Methodology of Assessment
• Assessing Hazard Division
• Assessing Compatibility Group
• Marking of Ammunition Packages
• Management of Recovered and Captured Ammunition
   

Training and Competence Development:

• Core Ammunition Technical and Management Competences
• Ammunition Technical and Ammunition Safety Management Training
• Addressing the Ammunition Technical Competence Shortfalls in Conflict-Affected and Low-Capacity Settings
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training 

International Co-operation and Assistance
 

• Why International Co-operation and Assistance is Needed in Conflict-Affected and Low-Capacity Settings.
• Role of National Authorities.
• Development of Infrastructure.
• Training of Personnel.
• Assistance with the Destruction of Unsafe, Obsolete, Unserviceable, or Surplus Ammunition Stock.
• Assistance with the Security of Ammunition Stockpiles.
• Practical Application.
• Final Assessment.