Homemade Explosives

Homemade Explosives

General Description

8:00am - 3:00pm

The course is an overview of various homemade explosives including some of the more commonly encountered HME’s such as pyrotechnic mixtures and peroxide-based explosives, clandestine drug labs and the similarities and differences they share with clandestine explosive labs, precursor familiarization and recognition and a recent case study involving HME;s in Maryland. A live explosives demonstration, tabletop demonstrations and a HME lab walk-through are part of the course.

Class Information

Location: Sykesville
Dates of Class: 07/23/2012 - 07/23/2012
Approval Number: P19926
Approved Hours: 6
Price: 0.00

Class Description

8:00am - 3:00pm The Homemade Explosives course is a six hour training which focuses on recognizing improvised energetic material, homemade explosives, that can be used in association with criminal and terrorist activities. This course is useful for law enfrocement, hazardous materials technicians, fire response, emergency medical service and military units involved in combating terrorism and homeland security.

38 seats of 38 total student seats are occupied for this class.

Please contact your agency training coordinator to register for this class.