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3Rs of Explosives Safety

3Rs of Explosives Safety. Safety Information for Students. What A re M unitions. Munitions include: Artillery rounds Bombs Grenades. What Are UXO. UXO stands for u ne x ploded o rdnance. Unexploded ordnance (UXO) are military munitions that failed to function properly upon use.

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3Rs of Explosives Safety

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  1. 3Rs of Explosives Safety Safety Information for Students

  2. What Are Munitions • Munitions include: • Artillery rounds • Bombs • Grenades

  3. What Are UXO • UXO stands for unexploded ordnance. • Unexploded ordnance (UXO) are military munitions that failed to function properly upon use.

  4. Munitions • May be hard to identify • Come in many shapes, sizes and types, even small munitions can injure or kill • Include “simulators” and “practice” munitions, which are also dangerous • Can be dangerous regardless of age

  5. Which Are Most Likely UXO? 1 3 2 4 5 6 7

  6. Projectile New Used

  7. Rocket New Used

  8. Encountering Munitions Munitions can be encountered almost anywhere such as: • Active military installations • Weapons and/or munitions test sites • Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) • A home, as part of a souvenir collection

  9. Encountering Munitions WWI training site that is now in a residential development in Washington, DC. UXO from live-fire using the same kind of weapon shown above.

  10. The DANGER is real! • Souvenirs recently collected or purchased and brought home or even Civil War cannon balls and artillery projectiles can be: • Kept for years without incident, until they detonate • Believed, incorrectly, tobe harmless, until they are proven otherwise • Deadly

  11. The 3Rs of Explosives Safety • Follow the 3Rs of Explosives Safety: • Recognize – that munitions are dangerous • Retreat – do not approach, touch, disturb or move it, but leave the area • Report – call 911 and report what you saw, and where you saw it Call911

  12. Recognize • Munitions may: • Not look like a projectile, rocket or bomb • Look harmless, but they are dangerous • Be shiny or rusty • Be clean or dirty • Even though a munition may not have been moved for yearsor has been moved dozens oftimes, it may still explode. • Leave it alone! Grenade fuze

  13. Retreat • Do not go near, touch, move or disturb a munition or suspect munition. • Carefully, leave the area, the same way you entered it.

  14. Report • Report what you saw and where you saw it to: • The police or local law enforcement • A trusted adult, like your parent or a teacher • Local authorities will clear the area. • Specially trained personnel will dispose of the item. Call911

  15. Be Safe • Remember, munitions can kill! • Leave them alone • Get away from them • Report them to law enforcement immediately • Keep yourself and others safe.

  16. Remember, if you encounter or suspect you have encountered a munition: www.denix.osd.mil/uxo

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