• Risk reduction education, including site dangers, and the implications of ignoring the directions of demining workers appointed to control access into danger areas; and • Documented standards and SOPs should include the use of sentries to control entry into danger areas, warning signs and audible signals to be used during any disruptive, disposal or destruction process.
360-DEGREE OBSERVATION
Achieving 360-degree observation of the task site significantly enhances the understanding of staff prior to commencing operations. It can be achieved from vantage points in known safe areas and also through the use of UAVs. Every opportunity should be taken to update the threat assessment from the information that is gained.
Considerations include:
• Observation into buildings to identify explosive and non-explosive hazards;
• Observation through windows may provide information on explosive hazards located in vulnerable points such as behind closed doors; and • A manual check for physical link command IEDs should be conducted, depending on the threat assessment.
CONDUCTING SEARCH
Image 13. Detector calibration being checked prior to use
ׁ NOTE. Clearance of open areas is commonplace across the MA sector and therefore the following guidance focuses on the search for IEDs inside buildings.
Search planning and execution
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