Would any engineers be willing to share a DD Form 2977 for an Urban Demo Range?

2023-06-13T00:38:04-04:00

Det cord charges on urban targets.

Response by CSM William Everroad made Jun 13 at 2023 9:21 AM

2023-06-13T09:21:28-04:00

*WARNING* Lecture inbound for the good of the group
1LT Private RallyPoint Member Army Risk Management is a deliberate process that must be executed each time risk is assessed for a given activity. The person who signs the assessment is certifying that they have analyzed the activity, its risks, established appropriate controls, and identified people to administer the controls.

Shortcutting this process by utilizing pre-made templates or copying past risk assessments defeats the purpose of the risk analysis process and undermines risk management.

I understand some leaders have difficulty knowing where to start or reticent because they feel they may miss something. However, this is a skill that develops over time and feedback from the risk assumption authority refines the risk assessment and build expertise.

I also understand that some leaders ask for past assessments to "check their work", provide a starting point, or simply to do the heavy lift of the common risks associated with a given activity. To be a little helpful, some common risks associated with Urban Demo:

Environment (tripping, wildlife, heat/cold)
Noise: standoff, earplugs
Explosive hazard: Implement/enforce SDZ control area (EP guard, pre inspection of the SDZ), SO tracks count of personal inside SDZ at all times/ FPNCO verifies count of personal on the breach point before SO authorizes breach.
Unintentional Detonation: Breacher, SO or firing point NCO controls initiators or no caps in charges until emplacement and under supervision of Breacher, SO or firing point NCO and only after personal count its verifired.
Ricochet: PPE, standoff, EP guard: only authorized people in the SDZ
Unintentional/unauthorized increase to SDZ: limit surface NEW limit / implement protective works
Chemical contamination: don't eat the explosive materials safety brief, PPE

You can get fancy and list risks and controls for if the charge is displaced from the emplacement point (i.e. falls of the door or wall), but a lot of that will come from your FPNCO or Safety NCOIC. You can get extra fancy and find out how high the water table is and work in a line of limits to subsurface detonations.

Pending your questions, this concludes the lecture.