Comprehensive Training on DoD Manual 4145.26 – DoD Contractors’ Safety Manual for Ammunition and Explosives (Chapter 5, QD Principles, Criteria, and Siting Requirements)

Description

This course delivers focused training on Chapter 5 of DoD Manual 4145.26 (2008) – Quantity-Distance Principles, Criteria, and Siting Requirements.

Students will learn how Quantity-Distance (QD) relationships are established between Potential Explosion Sites and Exposed Sites, how to determine NEWQD for single and mixed hazard divisions, and how to apply IBD, PTRD, ILD, and IMD criteria. The course covers explosion effects and expected consequences at key scaled distances, hazardous fragment distance, HD-specific siting rules (including HD 1.2–1.6 and HD 6.1), energetic liquids, and facilities siting requirements for magazines, operating lines, holding yards, tanks, barricades, and earth-covered magazines.

This knowledge is essential for accurate site planning, QD map development, magazine and operating-line layout, and provide knowledge of manual expectations. .

Includes lessons, topics, and quizzes designed to build practical, audit-ready understanding of Chapter 5 requirements.