EXPLOSIVES SAFETY

APT provides the following products and services in the area of explosives safety: Explosives testing, planning and support; Final Hazard Classifications; Interim Hazard Classification Support; Explosives Site Plan Development/Support; Insensitive Munitions Support, Site and Analyses using the APT developed software tool, Safety Assessment For Explosives Risk (SAFER©); Technical assistance on the Analysis of Death and Injuries Resulting from Explosions (DIRE©) software for providing personnel protection.

SAFER, can be used to assess the risks to people and buildings at inhabited building distance, public traffic route, and intraline distance scenarios.

DIRE analyzes the effects of an explosion by considering overpressure, impulse, building collapse and debris using state-of-the-art consequence modeling.

Insensitive Munitions support includes Threat Hazard Assessment (THA) preparation, preparing test plans, monitoring tests and preparing waiver requests.

Explosives Safety Testing support includes planning, witnessing, data recovery and analysis.

Explosive Site Planning support includes preparation of Explosive QD site plans for submittal to DDESB. Site plans include personnel protection considerations, barricades and protective construction.

Explosive Hazard Classification (HC) support includes test planning, monitoring, and HC package preparation. All methods of classification are supported including: by test, modified test, analogy, not new item, and pre-1980.

Accomplishments

Prepared final hazard classification reports
Developed insensitive munitions threat hazard assessments
Planned for explosives hazard classification and insensitive munitions testing
Multiple presentations at DA/DoD explosives safety seminars
Organized and presented IM/Hazard Classification Seminar
Onsite Range/System Safety Support
Monitored explosives testing
Prepared explosives test reports
Prepare special safety studies

Customers

Air Force Safety Center, Yuma Proving Ground, TACOM-ARDEC, NSWC, NFESC, Corps of Engineers, Marines, SMDC-IM, THAAD, GMD, GBI, PAC-3, DDESB.

Pete Yutmeyer, 256.327.3394
yutmeyer@apt-research.com
As Program Manager of Explosives Safety, Mr. Yutmeyer has over 25 years of experience in the explosives safety field. He has significant government experience overseeing the classification of explosives items. He is a recognized leader in explosives safety within the U.S. Army and DoD with over 18 years in leadership positions.

Capabilities

Systems Safety
Range Safety
Test Planning
Explosives Safety
Software System Safety
Industrial Engineering
Quality Engineering
Reliability Engineering
Software Development
Publications
Training
Systems Engineering