Range Operations and Procedureas (cont)

DOE-STD-1091-96

(l)

Smoking, eating, or drinking shall be prohibited while on the firing range.

(m) Alcohol beverages and drugs are prohibited on DOE firing ranges. If the

firearms staff detects the presence of alcohol or drugs on a shooter or if

a shooter is believed to be under the influence of either, the firearms

staff shall remove the shooter from the range and report the incident to

the appropriate DOE official; appropriate follow-up action shall be taken

in accordance with pre-established directives. Shooters taking

medication shall report this fact to the staff before reporting to the firing

line. The staff shall be responsible for determining whether it is safe to

allow each shooter to use the range. A medical doctor shall be

consulted by the staff if necessary.

(n) When an automatic or semiautomatic firearm is being fired, shooters shall

take precautions to prevent hot spent cartridge and gunshot residues

from getting inside their clothing. Spent cartridge deflectors, when avail-

able and practical, shall be required for all shooters unless it is deter-

mined by risk analysis that shooters are protected by partitions or by

distance.

(o) When a training session is completed, each firearm shall be physically

examined by the shooter and by a designated range safety officer or

qualified firearms instructor to ensure that it is unloaded and in safe

(clear) condition before leaving the range. If the shooter is using a duty

firearm on the range, he or she may reload that firearm at the range if re-

turning directly to duty.

(p) Shooters shall collect unexpended ammunition and return it to a range

officer/instructor to ensure its proper accounting and disposition.

(q) Shooters shall collect spent cartridge for proper disposal, checking for

live rounds.