IED Clearance Good Practice Guide

STEP 4 – SAFE POSITIVE ACTION

Once the barrel disruptor has been placed, the MA IEDD operator returns to the CP and informs the cordon positions and other agencies that a ‘controlled explosion’ is about to take place and not to react to it.

ׁ WARNING. When the disruptor is fired there is the possibility that the IED may function. Suitable cordon and evacuation must be in place and any MA staff remaining inside the explosive danger area must be suitably protected.

Image 7. The buried power source has been successfully removed from the circuit of a crush wire IED with minimal interaction by the IEDD operator

Image 8. The disruptor has successfully removed the power source from the suicide belt with the additional benefit of moving the belt from its original location. Note the disruptor recoil

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