Range Safety Working Group

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Range Safety Working Group
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• Topics to be covered
• Guiding regulations
• Program goals
• Local and Major Training Areas
• Deviation Process
• Safety Issues
• Future Challenges

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Range Safety Points of Contact

• Mr. Dirk Kellar (dirk.kellar_at_eur.army.mil)
• JMTC Safety Director (Acting)
• DSN 314-475-6162
• Mr. Josef Neubauer (josef.neubauer1_at_eur.army.mil)
• JMTC Safety Range Safety Engineer MTAs and LTAs
• DSN 314-475-7089
• Mr. Harry Kordesch (harry.kordesch_at_eur.army.mil)
• JMTC Safety Range Safety Engineer LTAs
• DSN 314-475-7922
• Ms. Barbara Lasar (barbara.lasar_at_eur.army.mil)
• HQ USAREUR System Safety Engineer
• DSN 314-370-7079

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Range Safety - Regulations

• AR 385-63, 19 May 2003 (Currently being
  updated)
• Prescribes Department of the Army and Marine
  Corps range safety policies, procedures,
  responsibilities, and standards for firing
  ammunition, guided missiles, and large rockets.
• The AR Implements DA Pam 385-63, 10 April 2003,
  as Minimum Standards.

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Range Safety Program Goals

• Enhance safe, realistic live-fire training, to
  train as we fight.
• Protect personnel and property while improving
  combat readiness training and help prevent
  fratricide in combat.
• Protect civilian and military populations who
  live and work in the vicinity of live-fire
  training ranges.

AR 385-63
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Range Safety - OCONUS

• AR 385-63, 19 May 2003
• Range operations outside the United States
• Standards and procedures contained in DA Pam
  385-63 apply to range operations conducted by
  U.S. Armed Forces training outside the United
  States.
• Operations will be conducted according to U.S.
  regulations and/ or host nation agreements,
  normally whichever is stricter.

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Local Training Areas (LTAs)

• LTAs OCONUS
• Training land and range availability at overseas
  LTAs and installations are usually more
  constrained than those available for CONUS-based
  active units.
• Reserve Component (RC) centers, armories, and
  weekend training sites, face limited LTAs as
  well.
• Training proceeds to the extent available
  resources will support including individual and
  limited collective weapons proficiency and
  small-unit maneuver training.

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Major Training Areas (MTAs)

• MTAs
• Units training at MTAs concentrate on large unit
  collective live-fire training (platoon through
  battalion) and maneuver training (battalion or
  brigade) according to doctrine and standards.
• This builds on the training proficiency achieved
  at LTAs.
• An MTA provides training to sustain lessons
  learned from CTC experiences that LTAs could not
  tactically or doctrinally accommodate.

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USAREUR Training Areas

• Greater reliance must be placed on the use of
  LTAs for individual training and the initial
  stages of crew training.
• Local training areas include cantonment areas at
  installations, and armories.
• Tactical engagements can be simulated using
  appropriate TADSS to overcome the space
  limitations required for live-fire exercises.
• Training at LTAs achieves and sustains soldier
  and crew proficiency and prepares for advanced
  collective training.

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Risk Management

• Composite Risk Management integration is
  integral to successful range design,
  construction, use and sustainment.
• Early application of risk management in the
  planning process provides the planners and
  decision makers with alternatives that reduce
  safety hazards, limit adverse environmental
  impact and minimize operational constraints.
• Information and data developed during the risk
  management process will facilitate and expedite
  the development of environmental impact
  documentation and accelerate the approval
  process.
• Residual risks will be accepted by appropriate
  authority.

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Duties Responsibilities Live Fire Ops

• Safety is paramount during live-fire and laser
  operations.
• Using-unit commanders (battalion or squadron)
  will ensure that the officer-in-charge (OIC), the
  range safety officer (RSO), and the laser range
  safety officer (LRSO) receive an installation or
  community safety instruction before obtaining
  battalion or squadron commander safety
  certification.
• The safety certification programs will train and
  qualify personnel in OIC, RSO, and LRSO duties
  for firing exercises or maneuver operations. AR
  385-63 and DA PAM 385-63 are the primary source
  for range safety responsibilities.

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Range Safety - Deviations

• What is New in Range Safety in USAREUR

• Deviating requirements in AR/DA PAM 385-63
• Must be signed by the Commander, 7USAJMTC
• Deviation request must be submitted at least 45
  days prior
• Request must include
• Specific paragraph in AR/PAM to be deviated
• Weapon and ammunition to be utilized
• Locations of firing position and targets
• Proposed controls measures
• Additional information
• Deviations valid for one year, must be renewed
  annually

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Range - Explosive Site Plans/Submission

• Site Plan/Submission is not required for
• For firing ranges with approved SDZ
• Range support facilities that are only used to
  store and handle HD 1.4S munitions
• Site Plan/Submission is required for
• Range support facilities (e.g., ammunition
  holding area, storage pads, resupply points,
  ammunition transfer points (ATPs), loading docks,
  burn pads, and handling areas) that are designed,
  constructed, and used for recurring ammunition
  operations and that are located on or near ranges
  require explosives safety site plans.

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Range Safety - Lead (Pb)

• Best Management Practices Firing Range
• Hazardous compound - dust or water solution,
  breathed or ingested.
• Public Health/Environmental Issue. Can enter
  drinking water.
• Procedures will
• Keep the lead on the range
• Treat it to be chemically harmless
• Recycle it when required for safety
  health/environment
• Procedures include
• Soil amendments Engineering controls
• Vegetation control Contaminant monitoring
• Reclaiming Recycling

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Range Safety Encroachment Control
Warning Verbiage (Bilingual) depends on level of
Control Required

• Caution Not w/in SDZ
• Danger to Life around perimeter of SDZ
• Certain Signs may be required only when firing
  is actually taking place. E.g., M203 range or
  300mKD
• Road guards
• Roving Patrols
• Surveillance

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Range Safety Warnings
Warning signs shall be provided on the approaches
to the range and the perimeter of the SDZ, if
access is not otherwise restricted. Red flags
and/or rotating, flashing red lights shall be
provided at appropriate locations to signal when
the range is in use. Fencing may be required
when there are no other entry restrictions.

WARNINGS LOCATIONS Danger--Firing in
Progress Approach Roads When Red Flag is
Flying Danger--Firing Ranges Fencing and
Barriers Do Not Enter Danger--Laser Entry
road and 100 feet (30.5 m) intervals on
perimeter fencing
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Range Safety Gran Traps
Following use with Tracer fire Approximately 4500
rounds w/ 14 tracer mix Approx. 350K damage
Newly renovated November 2004
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Range Safety Urban Operations Ammo and Terms
URBAN ASSAULT COURSE The Urban Assault Course
(UAC) is a live five-station round-robin training
facility designed to teach basic building entry
and room clearing techniques. Training can be
conducted under blank fire, MILES, Special
Effects Small Arms Marking System (SESAMS) or
"paintball" conditions, and live fire grenadier
gunnery engagements. The UAC will be equipped
with state-of-the-art three-dimensional targetry
that has plug-and-play capability. Targets will
respond to lethal shot placements only, and can
be re-configured as either combatants or
non-combatants. SHOOT HOUSE The Shoot House is
a 3200 square-foot facility with interconnecting
rooms and hallways. It will be constructed of
bullet absorbing material and may have an
overhead crane system to replace panels or blocks
once they reach the bullet absorption level. The
Shoot House is a live-fire training facility and
will be completely instrumented to allow
full-motion image and audio capture, and will
also have an After-Action Review (AAR) facility.
This facility is designed to train fire team and
squad-sized elements in building entry and room
clearing techniques under live-fire conditions.

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Range Safety - Future Challenges

• Weapon systems more lethal and capable of
  delivering greater firepower over increased
  distances.
• Training ranges required to support live-fire,
  subcaliber devices, and laser and simulation
  technology.
• Requirement for range use is growing. Acquiring
  additional range lands will be difficult, so
  sustaining current range lands becomes critical.
• Resource funding - In an era of intense resource
  competition, each dollar spent to develop,
  mitigate, or restore training ranges must deliver
  the maximum return in effective training and
  combat readiness.

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Range Safety - Future Challenges

• Range development projects require planning by
  team who coordinates RTLP process per AR 210- 21,
  Army Ranges and Training Land Program, and other
  applicable regs/guidance. Members of the
  interdisciplinary team are collectively called
  Range Planners.
• Range planners
• Seek innovative alternatives to fulfill training
  requirements.
• Consider surge requirements on short notice in
  the event of mobilization.
• Command interest and support - essential to each
  step of the development process.
• Accurate, complete justification ensures
  resource expenditures provide optimum return.
• Risk management process

TC 25-8 Training Ranges
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USAREUR Range Safety
Sources of Information

• FMs
• 3-22.9 (Rifle Marksmanship)
• 3-22.68 (Crew served MG)
• 7-8 (Infantry Rifle Platoon Squad )
• 7-1 (Battle Focused)
• 100-14 (Risk Mgt)
• 3-06 Urban Operations
• 3-06.11 Combined Arms (Urban)
• 31-28 Spec Forces Adv Urban Combat
• TC 63-1 Warfighter Hdbk for CSS LFX
• TC 25-8 Training Ranges
• MIL HDBK 1027/3B (Range Facilities and Misc
  Training Facilities other than Buildings)
• TMs - Weapon Systems
• SOPs Unit Training Support Center must
  address any/all specific training
• CALL TTPs/Lessons Learned
• 7th ATC Convoy Operations and Convoy Live Fire
  Program

• Regulations
• AR 385-63, Range Safety
• Draft AE Reg 385-63, Range Safety
• AR 600-55, Army Driver and Standardization
  Program (AE Reg 600-55)
• Other MACOMs Safety Regulations (FORSCOM,
  TRADOC, SOCOM, NGB)
• Pamphlets
• DA Pam 385-63, Range Safety Standards
• DA Pam 350-38 STRAC
• USACE Design Manuals
• USACE, Eng Spt Ctr, Hsv, Range and Training
  Land Program, Standard Design Manual
• Range Records defines weapons, caliber,
  distance, positions (height limitations)
• SOUM, GPM, AIN, SOF, Safety Alerts
• ASMIS - Accident Database
• CRC Preliminary Loss Reports

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USAREUR Range Safety

• Train effectively and with realism,
• And do it SAFELY!

Questions?