Chp2 Mod Explosive Safety Flashcards
What is a Typical Licensed Explosive Area?
It is necessary to remove explosives from the normal storage facility and position them on or near aircraft, including hardened aircraft shelters and locations for parked armed aircraft.
What is the duration of explosives being positioned near aircraft?
This is usually for short periods of time and does not expose personnel, aircraft explosives, and vital facilities to an unacceptable level of risk.
What is Directional Weapon Safety?
The risks generated by the operation of aircraft or launch platforms fitted with directional weapons are to be driven to as low a level as reasonably practicable.
How can low levels of risk be achieved for aircraft with directional weapons?
By parking aircraft loaded with directional weapons in Hardened Aircraft Shelters with the doors closed, or positioning them on an authorised safe heading with barriers for protection.
What is the protocol for Explosive Storage on Operations?
During operations, ordnance, munitions, and explosives may be stored in a manner that does not fully comply with normal safety provisions, but peacetime regulations should be observed whenever possible.
What should be prioritized in explosive storage during operations?
It is imperative to retain the most stringent safety standards and preservation of assets, even if reduced criteria may be utilized where operationally essential.
What governs the actions of personnel in explosives facilities?
Special hazards inherent to explosives facilities govern the actions of all personnel responsible for their administration and those who work within them.
What is required of every person employed in an explosives facility?
Every person employed in an explosives facility must be trained and authorised.
