EP 1110-1-17
16 Jul 99
Net Explosive Weight (NEW)
Exposed Site (ES)
Net explosive weight expressed in pounds.
A location exposed to the potential hazardous
effects (blasts, fragments, debris, and heat
Non-DOD Components
flux) from an explosion at a potential
Any entity (government, private, or corporate)
explosion site (PES). The distance to a PES
that is not a part of the Department of
and the level of protection required for an ES
Defense.
determine the quantity of ammunition or
explosives permitted in a PES.
Ordnance and Explosives (OE)
OE consists of either: (1) Ammunition,
Fragmentation
ammunition components, chemical warfare
The breaking up of the confining material of a
material or explosives that have been
chemical compound or mechanical mixture
abandoned, lost, discarded, buried, fired, or
when an explosion takes place. Fragments
expelled from demolition pits or burning pads
may be complete items, subassemblies, pieces
(such ammunition, ammunition components
thereof, or pieces of equipment or buildings
and explosives are no longer under
containing the items.
accountable record control of any DOD
organization or activity) or (2) Explosive
Hazardous Fragment
A hazardous fragment is one having an impact
Soil: Explosive soil refers to mixtures of
energy of 58 ft-lb or greater.
explosives in soil, sand, clay, or other solid
media at concentrations such that the mixture
Hazardous Fragment Density
itself is explosive.
A density of hazardous fragments exceeding
one per 600 sq. ft.
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
Military munitions that have been primed,
Inhabited Buildings
fuzed, armed, or otherwise prepared for
Buildings or structures, other than operating
action, and have been fired, dropped,
buildings occupied in whole or in part by
launched, projected or placed in such a
human beings, both within and outside DOD
manner as to constitute a hazard to operation,
establishments. They include but are not
installation, personnel, or material and remain
limited to schools, churches, residences
unexploded either by malfunction, design, or
(quarters), service clubs, aircraft passenger
any other cause.
terminals, stores, shops, factories, hospitals,
theaters, mess halls, post offices, and post
UXO Personnel
exchanges.
Contractor or government personnel who have
completed specialized military training in
Magazine
Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
Any building or structure, except an operating
methods and have satisfactorily performed the
building, used for the storage of ammunition
EOD function while serving in the military.
and explosives.
Various grades and contract positions are
established based on skills and experience.
Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ)
Check with the OE MCX for current ratings.
Net explosive quantity expressed in kilograms.
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