Intro to Explosive Safety Management

Intro to Explosive Safety Management Questions And Answers Your role is to ensure the safety and serviceability of the stockpile and monitor AE uploads, transportation, and storage activities. Who are you? - QASAS You have been appointed as your installation's safety chief. Who is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing the ESP as part of the overall safety and occupational health program for the installation? - installation commander If you are responsible for assisting commanders and staff with resolving explosives safety concerns, which role do you have? - safety specialist You are assigned to support tactical units regarding execution of ESMP. Who are you? - Ammo Warrant Officer The installation commander assigns one person as the POC for all ESMP activities. Which role does that person fill? - Safety cheif Colonel hires you as the occupational safety and health manager by what reg? - DA PAM 385-64 UXO can be generated - in combat, live fire range, discarded by military munition UXO safety procedures - don't touch, keep away, notify ammo life cycle field - RDT&E, production, storage, ASP, range ammo life cycle theater - port, storage, ASP, AHA, operational units DDESB's mission - create DoD ESP, ESP oversight, advise Secretary of Defense about ESP progress cardinal rule - expose minimum amount of people, minimum amount of explosives, and minimum amount of time after ammo leaves reserve, where does it go next? - ASP what happens to unusable ammo? - demilitarization document check list - DoDD 6055.09E, DoDI 6055.16, AR 385-10, DoDD 6055.09M, DA PAM 385-64 You are working on new ES guidelines for the Army. What key principle should you remember? - service standards can be more restrictive but not less than DoD Where are the minimum level protection regulations found for ES in all services? - DoDD 6055.09M advantages of DU - hard, easy to fabricate, dense, inexpensive, pyro calibers of DU - 20mm, 25mm, 30mm, 105mm, 120mm HC 1.1 primary hazard is? - mass detonation what is the primary hazard for mass fire? - 1.3 If a vehicle is transporting a load of frag grenades, what signs would it have? - 1.2 If a vehicle is transporting a load ammo with fire risk, what signs would it have? - 1.4 What are uses for DUs? - aircraft counterweight, kinetic energy projectile, protective armor plating, radiation shield material basic ops inside an ammo magazine - banding and marking basic ops outside an ammo magazine - removing grommets, plugs; air testing; unpacking An organization on your installation is preparing to deploy. Your team must prepare the ammo for them. Which operations are you permitted to do INSIDE a magazine? - inventory, inspecting, shipping You must remove and replace grommets on AE at an ECM. How far from the exterior side of the ECM do you have to perform this task? - 50ft You are tasked to unpack, link, and repack SAA at an AGM. How far from the AGM do you have to be to perform this task? - 100ft You are inspecting an AGM and the ammo is stacked pretty high. What is the minimum required distance it can be stacked from the ceiling? - 18 inches You know the safety office is conducting random inspections of magazines. Which of these ammunition storage guidelines apply? - ammo can't touch walls an exit can't be blocked Ammo encounters electrical energy from - lightening, circuits, static, electromagnetic conductive floors are tested - after installation, renovation, semi-annually Dumley just finished reviewing the SOP. How often does he need to inspect conductive flooring? - daily When does Dumley need to test his conductive shoes? - daily, at issue You will be working in the ammo operations area today. Which clothing material should you wear to prevent static? - cotton Which is a common source of static electricity? - steam, air, materials passing through chutes, moving parts controlled burns - 100 ft away, building ventilators must be closed, rear vent of ECMs must be covered, hoses ready You need to ensure there are firebreaks around your AGMs. What is the minimum distance the firebreak must be from each AGM? - 50ft While clearing a magazine for fire prevention you notice there are no fire extinguishers in any of the magazines. How many hazard-specific fire extinguishers must be readily accessible where ammo is being handled? - 2 You are scheduling a controlled burn to prevent fires. This activity must be located at least how many feet away from an open storage area or building handling ammunition? - 100ft You are inspecting a magazine and it has