Exercise Area

DOE-STD-1091-96

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EXERCISE AREA is an area geographically defined to contain the exercise.

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EXERCISE PLAN is a plan that is written and reviewed to outline a security exercise.

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EXPLOSIVE is any chemical compound or mechanical mixture which, when subjected

to heat, impact, friction, shock, or other suitable initiation stimulus, undergoes a very

rapid chemical change with the evolution of large volumes of highly heated gases that

exert pressures in the surrounding medium.

FIELD ELEMENT is a Departmental organizational component located outside the

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Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

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FIREARMS are rifles, handguns, shotguns, machine guns, and similar devices designed

to be carried and operated by a person. For the purposes of this Standard, laser

engagement systems, other firearms simulators, chemical devices, and pyrotechnic

devices are considered to be firearms.

FLASH-SOUND DIVERSIONARY DEVICES are used to momentarily distract and/or

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confuse suspects in order to allow SPOs to gain control of a tactical situation.

Diversionary devices include both pyrotechnical and non-incendiary methods.

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FORCE-ON-FORCE EXERCISE simulates the actual engagement of hostile personnel by

the protective force personnel. This may include limited scope performance tests and

similar exercises.

GRENADE LAUNCHER is a lightweight firearm used to deploy multipurpose munitions

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such as HE, smoke, chemical agents, etc.

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HANDGUNS are firearms designed to be held and fired with one hand.

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INCENDIARY DEVICES (see Chemical Devices).

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LIGHT ANTI-TANK WEAPON (LAW) is a portable, shoulder-fired, recoilless firearm

capable of launching explosive projectiles.