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Explosive Detection and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Awareness Training

The GP Difference in Explosive Detection and IED Awareness Training

GP's instructors have military and civilian Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), bomb squad, and HAZMAT experience. In particular, the lead instructional designer for this awareness course was an instructor at the US Navy Ordnance School and performed EOD operations in the field. This experience and that of additional subject matter experts make GP an excellent source for explosive and IED awareness training.

GP's Explosive Detection and IED Awareness course is available to private organizations and through the Domestic Preparedness Technical Assistance Program (DPETAP) and DPETAP Supplemental Delivery Program (DSDP).

Explosives are becoming increasingly sophisticated and difficult to detect. GP delivers an Explosive Detection and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Awareness course to help you learn how to use detectors to identify and characterize different kinds of explosive components and IEDs. In addition, GP can also help you assess your current detection capabilities and make recommendations for technologies that can help improve your preparedness and mitigation efforts. GP's course is based on doctrine from the US Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Center, the US Navy, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, among others.

This course will help jurisdictions meet the following capability-specific priority outlined in the Department of Homeland Security's National Preparedness Goal: Strengthen Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Detection, Response, and Decontamination Capabilities.

Our Unique Approach to Explosive Detection and IED Awareness Training

GP's unique approach provides basic IED awareness to all members of an organization, specifically yielding a heightened sense of situational awareness in participants. As part of the total solution, participants are taught how to recognize, report, and respond to potential acts of terrorism involving explosives and IEDs.

Our Experience in Explosive Detection and IED Awareness Training

GP has experience in delivering IED Awareness training to many types of audiences. GP project experience includes the following:

  • Delivered IED and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Awareness training to a major defense contractor
  • Supplied subject matter experts to review and validate preparedness web-based training materials for Northwest Arkansas Community College
  • Provided awareness training to the American Red Cross at the Clara Barton Center for Domestic Preparedness
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Explosive Detection and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Awareness Training