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The aim of this 8 day course is to train military personnel in basic and advanced breaching skills.
This course will be conducted on a world class range complex and 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.
Module one: Day 1-2 (Mechanical, Thermal, and Ballistic Breaching)
- 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)
- 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
- Demolition safety
- Types of demolition 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
- 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)
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