Duration: 4 days
Cost: $1180 / MS $1280 / Out of State
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:
- 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
- Breaching windows
- Defeating barricaded doors
- Introduction to internal door charges
- Introduction to charge placement drills
- Reacting to a misfired charge
- Multiple breach points
- Developing Standard Operating Procedures
- Target analysis
- Breacher’s brief back format
- Breacher’s operational data aide memoir
- Cover port breaching on dry walls
Equipment Requirements:
- Eye & ear protection
- Range training uniform (long sleeve)
- Gloves (recommended)
- Ballistic protection – soft armor or plate carrier with plates
- Helmet
- Flash Drive up to 8GB (course breach reports, photos, videos and SOPs)
