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.