ammo 108 Flashcards

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1. Under DA Pam 385-64, who may stop an ammunition and explosives (AE) operation when an imminent danger situation or unsafe act is observed?
2. What three immediate actions does DA Pam 385-64 require when an imminent danger is discovered during an AE operation?
3. Per DA Pam 385-64, what is conducted before an AE operation so each operator understands the tasks they are responsible for?
4. State the DA Pam 385-64 principle for limiting personnel and explosives during AE operations.
5. Under DA Pam 385-64, what limits must be clearly posted in AE operating bays?
6. Under DA Pam 385-64, explosive limits for an operation will not exceed the amount of AE required during what period?
7. When must the MHE operator inspect the mandatory inspection points on material handling equipment used for AE?
8. What load limit does DA Pam 385-64 place on moving AE with MHE?
9. Name two uses of forklifts that DA Pam 385-64 prohibits around AE.
10. When are ground guides required for MHE in AE operations?
11. Which type of MHE does DA Pam 385-64 specify for handling AE inside buildings or poorly ventilated areas?
12. What switches must battery-powered MHE be equipped with?
13. Which NFPA 505 type is the only MHE approved for use in areas with explosive dusts?
14. What minimum fire extinguisher rating is required on gasoline- and diesel-powered MHE used in an AE area?
15. What must be attached to the throat of the carburetor on gasoline- and diesel-powered MHE?
16. How far must stored MHE be kept from combustible material?
17. When battery-powered MHE is temporarily stored in a magazine containing packaged AE, how long may idle storage last?
18. After each workday, what is battery-powered MHE temporarily stored in a magazine inspected for?
19. Why does DA Pam 385-64 forbid disconnecting MHE battery cables within AE storage locations?
20. How must detonators, blasting caps, and other initiating devices be carried when moving or handling them?
21. May AE containers designed with skids be pushed or pulled into position?
22. What kind of tools does DA Pam 385-64 require for handling AE?
23. How often are hand tools used near hazardous materials checked for serviceability?
24. Which hand tools must not be used in proximity to lead azide?
25. How must highly combustible waste such as solvent-soaked rags be kept at an AE worksite?
26. At a minimum, how often must hazardous waste be removed from AE facilities, and to where?
27. Which sweeping compounds may not be used on conductive floors?
28. What is the preferred cleaning method where there may be exposed explosives on the floor?
29. What happens to loose explosives recovered as sweepings?
30. When standard ECMs or other munitions storage facilities are unavailable, what floors may buildings used for AE storage not have, and what heating is barred?
31. May AE be stored in barracks, basements, or company supply rooms?
32. How must AE be stacked in storage under DA Pam 385-64?
33. Which form may mark the line of separation between lots of AE in storage?
34. Except in ECMs, how close may the tops of AE stacks come to the roof?
35. In heated warehouses, how close may AE stacks be to radiators, heaters, or sprinkler heads, and how high should the bottom layer be raised?
36. Which materials does DA Pam 385-64 bar from being stored with AE?
37. When must excess combustible materials such as wrapping, dunnage, and pallets be removed from magazines?
38. When the last AE is removed from a magazine, what happens to the hazard symbols?
39. How are empty magazines sealed, and how often is the seal integrity inspected?
40. If the ambient temperature in an aboveground magazine (AGM) exceeds 100 degrees F for more than 24 hours, what should be done?
41. When personnel work in a magazine with more than one door, how many doors must be unlocked and ajar?
42. Why does DA Pam 385-64 require aisles in AE storage?
43. Under what condition may matches be carried in a magazine area, and how?
44. Are 'strike anywhere' (kitchen) matches allowed around AE facilities?
45. Do personnel assigned AE duties fight fires involving AE?
46. What should personnel do about a grass fire near a munitions storage structure?
47. During a fire in a munitions operating facility, who is dispatched toward the arriving fire department, and why?
48. Without intervening noncombustible walls, how far must an authorized smoking area be from AE, and what extinguisher must it have?
49. Within what distance of motor vehicles, trailers, railcars, or MHE loaded with AE is smoking prohibited?
50. Are electronic cigarettes allowed in AE areas?
51. How far from structures or sites containing AE must vehicles be when refueled, and how close may smoking or open flames be to the refueling?
52. What firebreak widths does DA Pam 385-64 require around munitions operating facilities and around ECM ventilators?
53. When are fire symbols removed, covered, or reversed, and who posts or changes them?
54. Where are fire symbols placed for an arms room that contains munitions?
55. Are fire symbols required for a location storing 1,000 rounds or less of HD 1.4 SAA?
56. Under the DA Pam 385-64 arms room storage rules, how much HD 1.3 and HD 1.2.2 may be stored?
57. When arms room HD 1.2.2 is stored inside or at less than IBD from inhabited buildings such as barracks, what are the minimum acceptable fragment barriers?
58. Before a unit stores ammunition in an arms room, who approves the risk assessment, and how often are arms room personnel briefed on it?
59. How must munitions be packaged and contained when stored in an arms room?
60. How is training ammunition kept in an arms room?

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