Exercise Hazards and Safety Rules

DOE-STD-1091-96

the exercise to ensure that ESS firearm use procedures are compatible with approved

live fire training.

Exercise plans or standard operating procedures shall discuss exercise

hazards and enumerate all applicable safety rules such as those dealing with

vehicles, fence climbing, and hand-to-hand combat.

Participants in ESS exercises shall wear eye protection and shall wear hearing

protective equipment unless exercise safety considerations indicate otherwise

as determined by the senior controller and approved in the exercise plan.

Directives for force-on-force exercises shall include or cover the location of

the exercise site and the identification of responsible personnel and organiza-

tions; a description of the equipment, firearms, ammunition, explosive

devices, and materials involved; a description of the operation with appro-

priate diagrams; details of the hazardous conditions; procedures for the

actions of personnel and/or the use and accountability of equipment;

procedures for tracking and controlling personnel with live ammunition;

procedures covering an accident, emergency, or unexpected occurrence; the

assignment of responsibility for ensuring compliance with safety procedures;

and, notification of appropriate management and of all personnel affected by

the exercise.

All blank ammunition magazines, and belts (first link) shall be distinctively

color-coded and, where practicable, adapted to accept only blank ammunition.

All semiautomatic and automatic, using gas expansion as the means to cause

the intended cycling of the firing mechanism, shall be equipped with an

approved blank fire adapter (BFA), if an approved BFA is available for the

firearm. All firearms equipped with BFAs shall not be fired at any individual

who is closer than 10 feet (3.05 meters).