Homemade Explosives: Awareness, Recognition, and Response (PER-325)

The Homemade Explosives: Awareness, Recognition, and Response, Mobile course is designed to provide emergency first responders with the skills to recognize and respond to incidents involving Homemade Explosives (HME) through lectures and exercises. Emergency first responders are presented with information necessary to recognize HME precursors, HME manufacturing indicators, and HME exposure indicators, and determine pre-detonation and post-detonation response strategies. Throughout this course, emergency first responders discuss how to implement safe response strategies with recognizing the presence of HME indicators; understanding these response actions is critical to mitigating the hazards associated with HME.

Course Objectives

Identify the processes and physical characteristics associated with explosive materials.
Identify precursor materials used in the making of Homemade Explosives.
Identify manufacturing indicators associated with the production of Homemade Explosives.
Describe Homemade Explosives pre- and post-blast response strategies.
Discuss community recognition opportunities regarding the production of Homemade Explosives.

New Mexico Tech utilizes a QR code the day of the training, supplied by the instructors for registration, pre/posttests, and certificates. Students are required to bring a digital device to class for this course. (ie. tablet, laptop computer)