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DATE & LOCATION
October 03, 2026 | 0800 – 1700 CT | MAAC Training Center
4203 Montdale Park Drive
Valparaiso, IN 46383
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Homemade Explosives: Awareness, Recognition, and Response course is designed to provide
emergency first responders with the skills to recognize and respond to incidents involving Homemade
Explosives (HME) through lectures and exercises.
Emergency first responders are presented with information necessary to recognize HME precursors,
HME manufacturing indicators, and HME exposure indicators, and determine pre-detonation and postdetonation response strategies.
Throughout this course, emergency first responders discuss how to implement safe response strategies
with recognizing the presence of HME indicators; understanding these response actions is critical to
mitigating the hazards associated with HME.
For full information and to register, search “20261003” on Acadis Portal
New Mexico Tech utilizes a QR code the day of the training, supplied by the instructors for registration,
pre/posttests, and certificates. Students are required to bring a digital device to class for this course. (ie.
tablet, laptop computer)
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