Homeland Security

AWR-341 W — IED Awareness and Safety Procedures

AWR-341-W Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Awareness and Security Procedures course provides foundational knowledge about IEDs and proper safety precautions and procedures for reacting and responding to unattended and suspicious items.

 

Audience: Critical infrastructure owners and operators, public safety officers, emergency mangers, security officers, law enforcement officials, private sector security professionals

Course Length: 60 minutes

Accreditation: 1 Contact Hour

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Description: The IED Awareness and Security Procedures course is an online independent study training.  It provides foundational knowledge in IED threat awareness, public response to IED threats and agency specific response to IED threats.

For information on other Office for Bombing Prevention courses, please visit https://www.dhs.gov/bombing-prevention-training   

 

 

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AWR-349 — HME and Precursor Awareness for Public Safety

AWR-349 Homemade Explosive (HME) and Precursor Awareness for Public Safety course provides learners foundational knowledge on HME, common precursor chemicals, and bomb-making materials that are used to create them.

 

Audience: Law enforcement, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other public safety personnel

Course Length: 60 minutes

Accreditation: 1 Contact Hour

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Description: The Homemade Explosives and Precursor Chemicals Awareness Course provides foundational knowledge about homemade explosives (HME), the precursor chemicals that are used to manufacture HME, and actions to take if HME precursor chemicals or equipment are thought to be present during a routine service call.

For information on other Office for Bombing Prevention courses, please visit https://www.dhs.gov/bombing-prevention-training.  

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AWR-903 — Bomb Threat Preparedness and Response

AWR-903 Bomb Threat Preparedness and Response improves bombing prevention awareness of individuals by teaching them how to prepare for and respond to a bomb threat.

 

Audience: Critical infrastructure owners and operators, public safety officers, emergency mangers, security officers, law enforcement officials, private sector security professionals

Course Length: 60 minutes

Accreditation: 1 Contact Hour

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Description: The Bomb Threat Preparedness and Response course is an online independent study training.  It uses interactive exercises and case histories of what actually happened during bomb incidents to familiarize participants with the steps necessary to prepare for and respond to a bomb threat.

For information on other Office for Bombing Prevention courses, please visit https://www.dhs.gov/bombing-prevention-training.

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AWR-921 — Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Employee Training

AWR-921 Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Employee Training course teaches participants how to recognize suspicious purchasing behaviors in a retail setting that might indicate Bomb-Making activity and what to do when a suspicious incident occurs.

Audience: This course is designed for retail personnel and community members interested in preventing bombing incidents. Participants may work in a variety of settings, including: beauty supply stores, home-improvement stores, online retailers, pool supply retailers, and other retailers and community members. 

Course Length: 35 minutes

Accreditation: 1 Contact Hour

Recommended Prerequisites: None

Description: The Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Employee Training course is an online independent study training.  It provides foundational knowledge in the Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program (BMAP); types of people who build bombs; commercially available products used to make homemade explosives and build improvised explosive devices; suspicious purchases and behaviors and how to report a suspicious incident.

For information on other Office for Bombing Prevention courses, please visit https://www.dhs.gov/bombing-prevention-training

  

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