React To Unexploded Ordnance Hazards

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React To Unexploded Ordnance Hazards

• By Rod

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ELO
Task - React to Unexploded Ordnance
Hazards Conditions In a classroom setting,
given examples of UXOs and the UXO Spot Report
Format Standard Identify UXO by type
subgroup associated hazards take immediate
actions to prevent death, injury and damage to
materials report UXO utilizing the UXO Spot
Report Format
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Recognize The UXO Hazard

• 4 Types
• Dropped
• Projected
• Thrown
• Placed

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Dropped

• Bombs
• Vary from 3-6 feet in length
• Vary from 5-36 inches width
• Often have a bullet shaped nose, fins and/or a
  parachute on the back
• May contain high explosive, incendiary, or
  chemical fillers.

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Dropped

• Dispensers
• Contain numerous submunitions or bomblets
• Most have the same characteristics of bombs
• May be found intact or partially open

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Dropped

• Submunitions
• May contain the same hazards of bombs (explosive,
  chemical, biological, radiological, incendiary)
• Designed to be scattered over wide area
• Come in all shapes and sizes to include balls,
  wedges, or cylinders
• May have fins, ribbons, parachutes or trip wires

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Projected

• Projectiles
• Include munitions from large machine guns,
  artillery howitzers, and naval guns
• Range from 20mm 16inches in diameter 10-30
  inches in length
• Can contain explosive, chemical, biological,
  radiological, and/or incendiary hazards

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Projected

• Mortars
• Most have fins and a bullet shape
• Range from 60mm 120mm in diameter 12 36
  inches in length
• Can contain explosive, chemical, or incendiary
  hazards

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Projected

• Rockets
• May or may not have fins
• Have some sort of rocket vents in back
• Range from 24 inches to several feet in length
• Can contain explosive, chemical, or incendiary
  hazards

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Projected

• Guided Missiles
• Most have fins
• Some have wires in the end for guidance
• Very similar to rockets
• Can contain explosive or incendiary hazards

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Projected

• Rifle Grenades
• Designed to be fired from or shoulder fired
  launchers
• Resemble rockets but smaller
• Can contain explosive or incendiary hazards

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Thrown

• Includes all types of grenades, including
  simulators
• Most are round or cylindrical
• Small enough to be thrown
• Can contain explosive or incendiary hazards

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Placed

• Includes all land or sea mines
• Range from 2 inches in diameter to several feet
  in length
• Have a variety of fuse types pressure plates,
  till rods, trip wires, electronic sensors, or
  command detonated
• Can contain explosive, incendiary or chemical
  hazards

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React to the UXO Hazard

• STAY AWAY from UXO
• Do NOT touch it or its counterparts (wires,
  parachutes, etc)
• If any peculiar smells, liquids, or dead animals
  are present, chemical or biological agents may be
  present Don MOPP gear immediately
• Mark location with engineer tape, marking ribbon,
  clothing, sign, etcat waist level if possible
  (Take note of terrain features so EOD can be
  notified better)

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• Evacuate personnel or equipment from area
  surrounding the UXO
• 1) Bombs, dispensers, large projected munitions
  (90mm in diameter or larger) evacuate a 360
  degree perimeter at least 600 meters away.
• 2) Submunitions, placed, thrown, small projected
  munitions (smaller than 90mm in diameter)
  evacuate a 360 degree perimeter at least 300
  meters away
• If personnel or equipment cannot be evacuated,
  seek as much frontal overhead cover as possible
  
• If UXO is suspected to have a chemical agent,
  ensure all personnel stay upwind and are in full
  MOPP

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Report the UXO Hazard

• Request EOD support using the nine-line UXO Spot
  Report
• Date and time of the fall, impact, or finding of
  the UXO item(s)
• The exact location of item(s) including grid
  coordinate, landmarks, reference points, or
  street addresses
• The name and organization of person reporting the
  incident call sign or phone number
• Identify UXO by type (Dropped, Projected, Thrown,
  Placed) and subgroup
• Any NCB contamination present
• Resources threatened
• How the UXO affected unit mission
• Safety measures taken including the evacuation
  distance accomplished
• The requested priority for EOD support
  (Immediate, Indirect, Minor, No Threat)

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QUESTIONS