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Security pyrotechnics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 060-0028/01
Abbreviation BEPY
Course title Security pyrotechnics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Security Services
Course coordinator Ing. Stanislav Lichorobiec, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Distribution and effects of explosives, their characteristics and possibilities of using these substances in the construction of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

2. Availability and improvised production of explosives for their possible use in IEDs. Terrorist attacks committed using improvised IEDs.

3. Effects of explosion on the environment, factors of explosion, their manifestations and wounding, concepts - work ability, brisance of explosives and their practical determination.

4. Directed and cumulative effect of explosive charges, principle and mechanism of accumulation, composition of cumulative current and its practical use in grouting and perforation of materials.

5. Initiation systems used in the construction of improvised explosive devices, their characteristics, purpose, effects and structural composition of these bait systems. Detonators, igniters, detonators and materials used for the direct detonation of explosives. Non-electric and electric ignition networks, their design and calculation.

6. Means for identification - laboratory demonstration of detection of organic and inorganic substances in safety X-rays, display of explosives and other components of IEDs, dangerous and suspicious objects, demonstration of various functions and imaging options on the X-ray monitor.

7. Means for handling, testing, killing and disposal of improvised explosive devices. IED remote detonators, the principle of destructive devices for the destruction of IEDs by firing with a shotgun, a water sniper and weapons based on the creation of a cumulative water jet, the so-called "water bomb".

8. Means used to protect persons. Pyrotechnic protective suits, removable handling equipment, explosive containers for the transport of explosives, remotely controlled manipulators, examples of pyrotechnic robots, their equipment and technical possibilities.

9. Types of pyrotechnic works. Distribution of ammunition and imitation equipment. Search, removal and disposal of found unexploded ordnance and explosives.

10. Preventive and safety pyrotechnic inspections of premises, buildings and persons - means for their implementation. Possibilities of canine service in searching, detection of explosives and IEDs.

11. Basics of forensic pyrotechnics. Forensic expertise, identification of traces and their preservation after the explosion, methods and procedures for the identification of perpetrators - IED designers.

12. Typical activities of IRS units in the detection of explosives, improvised explosive system, bait system combined with CBRN substances - the so-called "dirty bombs", "high-volume charges" in the car and the detection of explosives stored in the aircraft. Determination of the quarantine zone at the airport and the possibility of identifying IEDs in baggage.

E-learning

Study materials for the source version of the subject.

Literature

PARTINGTON, J. R. A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. ISBN: ISBN 0-8018-5954-9 .
TUREČEK, J. and team. Police pyrotechnics, Pilsen: Aleš Čeněk s.r.o. 2014, ISBN 978-80-7380-510-4.
HRAZDÍRA, I., KOLLAR, M. Police pyrotechnics, Pilsen: Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk s.r.o. 2006, ISBN 80-86898-87-3.
DOJČÁR, O., HORKÝ, J., KOŘÍNEK, R. Trhacia technika. Montanex a.s., Ostrava 1996.
HENRYCH, J. Explosion dynamics and its use. Academia, Prague 1993.
JANÍČEK, M., DRAHOVZAL, P. Pyrotechnic in the fight against terrorism. Prague: D-Consult, s.r.o., 2001, ISBN 80-86215-17-2.
COLLECTIVE OF AUTHORS. Special technique. I. and II. Part, Prague: FMVS, Prague 1976.

Advised literature

AGRAWAL, J. P. High Energy Materials: Propellants, Explosives and Pyrotechnics. 1st edition. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA, 2010. ISBN 978-352732610-5 .
JANÍČEK, M. Pyrotechnic protection against terrorism. Vyškov: EDUCA Consulting 2002, ISBN 80-902089-6-7.
ŠČUREK, R. Selected technical means of detection and pyrotechnic protection at the airport, Ostrava, VŠB-TUO, 2008.
ŠČUREK, R. Study of risk analysis of illegal acts at the airport, Ostrava: VŠB-TUO, 2009.