Breaching and Tactical Training Courses
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ILETSB Certified - These courses have been certified in Illinois through the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board.
- Duration: 5 days
- Cost: $1300.00
- Students: 8 Min - 24 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
Phase One - Explosive Handlers Course
The aim of this 2 day course is to introduce the student to the recognition, transportation, storage, safe handling, and firing of high explosive compounds. This phase is mandatory for all personnel who are not EOD or military explosive qualified.
On successful completion of this course, the student will possess the skills to safely employ explosives in a conventional environment.
Course content includes:
- History and theory of explosives and explosions
- Explosive safety
- Types of explosive accessories
- Recognition of low and high explosive compounds
- Preparation and firing of charges using electric, non-electric, and shock tube initiated blasting caps
- Response to misfires and low ordered charges
Phase Two - Explosive Breaching Course
The aim of this 3 day course is to introduce the student to time tested and operationally proven drills and procedures in order to establish or further enhance an existing explosive breaching program within their unit or department.
On successful completion of this course, the student will possess the necessary skills to safely and confidently employ explosive breaching charges in support of special operations missions.
Course content includes:
- History and theory of explosive breaching
- Critical safety issues - calculating net explosive weight, safe stacking distance, and internal overpressure
- Breaching report documentation
- Breaching wood and metal doors (external and internal)
- Breaching windows
- Defeating barricaded doors
- Tactical charge placement drills
- Reacting to a misfired charge
- Multiple breach point entries
- Developing Standard Operating Procedures
- Stronghold analysis
- Breacher's brief back format
- Breacher's aide memoir
- Introduction to wall breaching
Equipment Requirements
- Ear protection
- Clear lens Goggles: Eye glasses or Oakley type sunglasses will not be permitted for any explosive breacher training
- Range training uniform (long sleeve)
- Nomex gloves (recommended)
- Body armor
- Helmet
- Handgun or carbine(no ammunition)
- Duration: 7 days
- Cost: $1575.00
- Students: 8 Min - 24 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
Phase One - Explosive Handlers Course
The aim of this 2 day course is to introduce the student to the recognition, transportation, storage, safe handling, and firing of high explosive compounds. This phase is mandatory for all personnel who are not EOD or military explosive qualified.
On successful completion of this course, the student will possess the skills to safely employ explosives in a conventional environment.
Course content includes:
- History and theory of explosives and explosions
- Explosive safety
- Types of explosive accessories
- Recognition of low and high explosive compounds
- Preparation and firing of charges using electric, non-electric, and shock tube initiated blasting caps
- Response to misfires and low ordered charges
Phase Two - Explosive Breaching Course
The aim of this 5 day course is to introduce the student to time tested and operationally proven drills and procedures in order to establish or further enhance an existing explosive breaching program within their unit or department.
On successful completion of this course, the student will possess the necessary skills to safely and confidently employ explosive breaching charges in support of special operations missions.
Course content includes:
- History and theory of explosive breaching
- Critical safety issues - calculating net explosive weight, safe stacking distance, and internal overpressure
- Breaching report documentation
- Breaching wood and metal doors (external and internal)
- Breaching windows
- Defeating barricaded doors
- Tactical charge placement drills
- Reacting to a misfired charge
- Multiple breach point entries
- Developing Standard Operating Procedures
- Stronghold analysis
- Breacher's brief back format
- Breacher's aide memoir
- Introduction to wall breaching
- Scenario based training / night training (x1)
Equipment Requirements:
- Ear protection
- Clear lens Goggles: Eye glasses or Oakley type sunglasses will not be permitted for any explosive breacher training
- Range training uniform (long sleeve)
- Nomex gloves (recommended)
- Body armor
- Helmet
- Tactical Flashlight
- Handgun or carbine (no ammunition)
- Duration: 4 days
- Cost: $950.00
- Students: 8 Min - 24 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
The aim of this 4 day course is to introduce the student to time tested and operationally proven drills and procedures in order to establish or further enhance an existing explosive breaching program within their unit or department.
On successful completion of this course, the student will possess the necessary skills to safely and confidently employ explosive breaching charges in support of special operations missions.
Course content includes:
- Critical safety issues - calculating net explosive weight, safe stacking distance, and internal overpressure
- Breaching report documentation
- Breaching wood and metal doors (external and internal)
- Defeating barricaded doors
- Tactical charge placement drills
- Reacting to a misfired charge
- Multiple breach point entries
- Developing Standard Operating Procedures
- Stronghold analysis
- Breacher's brief back format
- Breacher's aide memoir
- Introduction to wall breaching
Equipment Requirements:
- Ear protection
- Clear lens Goggles: Eye glasses or Oakley type sunglasses will not be permitted for any explosive breacher training
- Range training uniform (long sleeve)
- Nomex gloves (recommended)
- Body armor
- Helmet
- Handgun or carbine(no ammunition)
- Duration: 3 day
- Cost: $950.00
- Students: 8 Min- 24 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
The aim of this course is to enhance the skills of an existing breacher by introducing him to more advanced skills associated with hard target breaching.
This course will be conducted on commercial structures such as schools, hospitals, apartments, etc.
On successful completion of this course, the student will possess the necessary skills in order to perform more advanced breaching tactics associated with doors, window, roofs, floors, and walls.
Some subjects included in the Advanced Course:
- Review theory of explosive breaching
- Breaching report documentation using the Excel spread sheet
- Review of calculating net explosive weight, safe stacking distance, and internal overpressure
- Breaching both wood and metal doors (external and internal)
- Defeating barricaded doors
- Multiple breach point entries
- Target analysis and intelligence gathering
- Wall and roof breaching
Equipment Requirements:
- Long sleeve uniform
- Nomex gloves
- Body armor
- Ear protection
- Clear lens Goggles: Eye glasses or Oakley type sunglasses will not be permitted for any explosive breacher training
- Helmet
- Filtered dust mask (optional)
- Duration: 3 days
- Cost: $775.00
- Students: 8 Min - 24 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
The aim of this 3 day course is to introduce the student to operationally proven drills and procedures that pertain to the use of mechanical, ballistic, thermal, and cutting means in order to affectively breach doors, windows and soft wall targets.
On the successful completion of this course, the student will possess the necessary skills to accurately perform a target analysis and select the most suitable tool to gain access into the stronghold.
Course content includes:
- History and theory and non-explosive methods of entry
- Mechanically breaching of doors opening in and outward
- Mechanically breaching of windows
- Defeating Barricaded doors
- Negotiating / defeating fences
- Ballistic breaching (using Remington 12 gauge shotgun)
- Thermal breaching (Using BROCO torch)
- Quickie saw breaching
- All tactics to include approach, negotiating obstacles,and actions at the breach point
- Scenario based training
Equipment Requirements
- Range training uniform (long sleeve)
- Nomex gloves
- Body armor with Molle attachments (no armor plates)
- Tactical belt
- Eye & Ear protection (clear lenses or goggles)
- Helmet
- Weapon (rifle or pistol - no ammunition)
- Duration: 4 days
- Cost: $900.00
- Students: 8 Min - 24 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
The aim of this 4 day course is to introduce the student to types of improvised explosive devices that are used by terrorist groups or criminals. The course is tailored for personnel with little or no experience with explosives or IED's to a more advanced EOD Technicians. Students will learn how IED's function, how they are employed, and learn the current countermeasure techniques.
On successful completion of this course, the student will have a better understanding how IED's are likely to be encountered by both Law Enforcement and Military personnel.
Note: This course will not certify students in disarming or disrupting any type of suspected IED.
Course content includes:
- History and theory of explosives and explosions
- Explosive safety and recognition
- Explosive accessories and firing devices
- Response to misfires and low ordered charges
- Preparation and firing of low and high explosive charges
- IED awareness, history and case studies of criminals and terrorists
- Construction and firing of IED initiation techniques
- IED concealment techniques
- Vehicle borne IEDs (VBIED)
- Scenario based training
Equipment Requirements
- Range training uniform (long sleeve)
- Eye & Ear protection (clear lenses or goggles)
- Duration: 4 days
- Cost: $825.00
- Students: 8 Min - 14 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
The aim of this 4 day course is to qualify select personnel as Mechanical & Ballistic Breaching Instructors. Students will be versed in the correct and safe use of breaching tools as well as the 12 gage breaching shotgun. Additionally they will be afforded the opportunity to plan, prepare and present lessons pertaining to this subject.
On successful completion of this course, the officers will have the necessary knowledge and skills in order to educate their officers in this skill set.
Course content includes:
- History and theory and non-explosive methods of entry
- Equipment selection
- Carriage of tools and shotgun
- Breaching inward opening doors
- Breaching outward opening doors
- Ballistic breaching techniques
- Planning considerations
- Scenario based training
- Lesson plan development
- Presentation of lesson plans
Equipment Requirements
- Range training uniform (long sleeve)
- Nomex gloves
- Body armor with Molle attachments (no armor plates)
- Tactical belt
- Eye & ear protection (clear lenses or goggles)
- Helmet
- Weapon (rifle or pistol - no ammunition)
- Duration: 8 days
- Cost: $2500.00
- Students: 8 Min - 16 max
- Restrictions: Military Only
The aim of this 8 day course is to train military personnel in basic and advanced breaching skills.
On successful completion of this course, the student will possess the necessary skills in order to perform more advanced breaching tactics associated with doors, windows, roofs, floors, and walls.
Module one: Day 1-2 (Mechanical, Thermal, and Ballistic Breaching)
- History and theory and non-explosive methods of entry
- Mechanically breaching of doors opening inward and outward
- Mechanically breaching of windows
- Defeating Barricaded doors
- Negotiating / defeating fences
- Ballistic breaching (Remington 12 gauge shotgun)
- Thermal breaching (BROCO torch)
- Quickee saw breaching
- All tactics to include approach, negotiating obstacles, and actions at the breach point
- Scenario based training
Module two: Day 3-6 (Basic Explosive Breaching)
- History and theory of explosives and explosions
- Explosive safety
- Types of explosive accessories
- Recognition of low and high explosive compounds
- Preparation and firing of charges using shock tube initiated blasting caps
- Response to misfires and low ordered charges
- Critical safety issues - Calculating net explosive weight, safe stacking distance, and internal overpressure
- Breaching report documentation
- Breaching wood and metal doors (external and internal)
- Breaching windows
- Defeating barricaded doors
- Tactical charge placement drills
- Reacting to a misfired charge
- Multiple breach point entries
- Developing Standard Operating Procedures
- Stronghold analysis
- Breacher's brief back format
- Breacher's aide memoir
Module three: Day 7-8 (Advanced Breaching)
- Breaching report documentation using the Excel spread sheet
- Conducting blast pressure tests inside of buildings using the Anderson Blast Gauge
- Alternate breach points such as windows, walls, roofs, floors
- Cover port charges with simultaneous entries
- Target analysis and intelligence gathering (Off site areas)
- Final Exercise (off site areas)
Equipment Requirements:
- Long sleeve uniform
- Nomex gloves
- Body armor with Molle attachments (no armor plates)
- Ear protection
- Clear lens Goggles: Eye glasses or Oakley type sunglasses will not be permitted for any explosive breacher training
- Helmet
- Tactical flashlight
- Duration: 3 days per weapon
- Cost: $650.00 per student per 3 day module
- Students: 8 Min - 20 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
The aim of this course is to refine and further develop an individual's ability to safely and competently employ a pistol, sub-machinegun, carbine or foreign assault rifle in a close quarter environment. Students will be drilled in all aspects of weapon handling and combat shooting with the emphasis placed on realism and safety. Target engagements will be from 3-100 yards under challenging conditions both day and night. Courses can be conducted for an individual weapon system or the course can be custom designed with multiple weapons to suit the needs of the client. Each individual weapon module will be 3 days in length.
The following objectives are an example of what can be included in the trainings:
Pistol / MP5 / AR 15 / M4
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Characteristics
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Safety
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Stripping, cleaning, assemble
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Fundamentals of marksmanship
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Weapon presentation drills
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Load / unload drills
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Administrative, tactical and emergency reload drills
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Weapon malfunction drills
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Weapon transition drill
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Combat speed shooting:
- Single / multiple shots
- Single / multiple targets
- Target identification drills
- Stationary turns
- Shooting on the move
- Lateral shooting
- Firing positions (kneeling, prone, squatting)
- Barricade shooting
- Strong / weak hand drills
- Night shooting
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Team Drills:
- Two man team tactics
- Fire and movement drills
- Man down (casualty) drills
- Door entry drills
- Stress shoots
- Shooting from in / around vehicles
Equipment Requirements
- Ear and eye protection
- Body armor
- Knee pads
- Pistol with 3 magazines / holster / magazine pouch / 750 rounds
- MP5/carbine/AK47 with 3 magazines / sling / white light / 1000 rounds
- Duration: 4 days
- Cost: $930.00
- Students: 8 Min - 12 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
This course is designed specifically for certified firearms instructors who will be responsible for the safety, design and conduct of live fire CQB training. Students will leave this course with a thorough understanding of how to prepare, present, conduct, and supervise all facets of CQB range fire and room combat drills conducted both day and night.
This course is a must for serious trainers who are concerned for the safety of both their SWAT officers and other personnel involved in the training. Each student must attain the required standards for weapon handling, close quarter tactical shooting, and close quarter tactical drills, to successfully complete the course.
Course Contents:
- Instructor traits
- Range safety and training design
- Tactical shooting (pistol / carbine or SMG)
- Presentation of range lessons
- Target placement
- Shoot house design
- Room combat (live fire)
- Presentation of CQB lessons
- Distraction device deployment
- Ballistic shield drills
- Night exercises
- Design and presentation of tactical assault courses
- Vehicle counter-ambush drills
- Explosive breaching (instructor led)
Equipment Requirements
- Pistol / 3 magazines and 200 rounds of ammunition
- Holster and magazine pouch
- Carbine or SMG /3 magazines and 700 rounds of ammunition
- Sling and magazine pouch
- White light for carbine or SMG
- Ear and eye protection
- Wet weather gear
- Cleaning kit
- Range training uniform
- Body armor
- Duration: 3 days
- Cost: $450.00
- Students: Limited to classroom size
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
Course Contents:
- Leadership overview
- Traits and principals of leadership
- Introduction to command and control
- Concepts of command and management
- Organization of a Crisis Response Team (CRT)
- Roles and tasks of a CRT
- Selection process for a CRT
- Equipment selection
- Theory and dynamics of a CRT
- Training design
- Principals of close quarter battle
- Hostage rescue operations (building, bus, aircraft, open air –standards and expectations)
- Dignitary protection operations (planning considerations)
- Current trends involving the explosive breaching option
- Command and control of a mission (radio commands)
- Establishing a tactical command post
- The assault process
- Operations orders (warning, emergency assault & deliberate)
- Operational case studies
Supplies Needed:
- Duration: 4 days
- Cost: On request
- Students: 8 Min - 24 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military or Government Agencies
Course content includes:
- Tactical shooting (handgun / carbine)
- Close quarter battle (live fire)
- Methods of entry (breaching techniques)
- Hallway clearance drills
- Negotiating stairwells
- Deployment of distraction devices
- Use of shields
- Foot / vehicle approaches
- Radio commands
- Operational orders
- Deliberate and emergency assaults
- Bus and vehicle assaults
- Off site training scenarios
Equipment Requirements:
- Pistol with 3 mags and 100 rds of ammo - holster & mag pouch
- Carbine or SMG with 3 mags and 300 rds of ammo- sling and mag pouch (white light)
- Ear protection
- Clear lens Goggles: Eye glasses or Oakley type sunglasses will not be permitted for any explosive breacher training
- Range training uniform
- Body armor
- Duration: 4 days
- Cost: Team prices will be discussed on request
- Students: 8 Min - 24 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military
The aim of this 4 day course is to pass on the skills necessary to counter an active shooter situation occurring in a public area. After an initial presentation on the theory of an active shooter situation, the focus will shift to practical application involving individual and team skills. A good part of this course will be conducted in commercial buildings.
Course content includes:
- Theory of an active shooter situation
- Close quarter tactical shooting
- Structure clearance techniques (2 - 6 man)
- Hallway clearance drills
- Stairwell clearance drills
- Responsibilities of a first responder
- Command and control issues
- Introduction to improvised explosive devices
- Vehicle takedowns
- Verbal commands inside the structure
- Responsibilities of the contact and rescue teams
- Methods of entry (mechanical / shotgun)
Equipment Requirements
- Range training uniform
- Body armor
- Eye / ear protection
- Pistol 100 rds
- Carbine 250 rds
- Duration: 5 days
- Cost: $900.00
- Students: 8 Min - 14 Max
- Restrictions: Law Enforcement, Military, Gov't Agencies, and Security Professionals
The aim of this 5 day course is to pass on the skills necessary to plan and execute a mission in order to protect a dignitary, prisoner or witness who may have a threat against themselves or the entity they represent.
This program will be geared towards operations in a permissive environment and the students will be required to put in long hours in order to plan, prepare and successfully complete a challenging final exercise.
Course content includes:
- Introduction to terrorism
- Selection of dignitary protection personnel
- Essential equipment
- Organization of a dignitary protection team
- Dignitary protection security survey
- Interviewing the Principal
- Foot formations
- Attacks on the Principal
- Route survey and security selection
- Venue advance survey
- Vehicle arrival and departure drills
- Vehicle motorcade drills
- Dignitary protection operation orders
- Explosive / IED awareness
- Vehicle counter ambush drills
- Residential security
- Establishing a standard operating procedure
- Final exercise
Equipment Requirements
- Pistol with 100 rds of ammo / 2 magazines minimum
- Carbine with 300 rds of ammo / 3 magazines minimum
- Clothing for final exercise - dress slacks, collar shirt, dress jacket, dress shoes (no jeans permitted)
- Range training uniform with zip or button up jacket to cover hip holster (no pullover jackets)
- Concealable hip holster / magazine pouch
- Body armor
- Laptop (optional)
