3Rs of Explosives Safety
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Safety Information for Students
3Rs of Explosives Safety
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What Are MunitionsMunitions include:
• Artillery rounds
• Bombs• Grenades
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What Are UXOUXO stands for unexploded ordnance.Unexploded ordnance (UXO) are military munitions that failed to function properly upon use.
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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
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Which Are Most Likely UXO?
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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
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Encountering Munitions
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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. 9
Encountering Munitions
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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, to
be harmless, until they are proven otherwise• Deadly
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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
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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! 12Grenade fuze
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Retreat
• Do not go near, touch, move or disturb a munition or suspect munition.
• Carefully, leave the area, the same way you entered it.
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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.
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Be Safe• Remember, munitions can kill!
– Leave them alone– Get away from them– Report them to law enforcement
immediately• Keep yourself and others safe.
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Remember, if you encounter or suspect you have encountered a
munition:
www.denix.osd.mil/uxo
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