FBI Hazardous Devices School

The FBI Hazardous Devices School is a training center that trains all of the United States public safety bomb technicians at the federal, state and local level.[2] It is part of the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group.[3]

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The school is located on a 455-acre campus at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The campus contains classrooms, explosive ranges, and mock villages that include a train station, apartment complexes, a movie theater, and a strip mall.[2][4]

The school opened in 1971,[2] and was jointly run by the FBI and the United States Army for 45 years until 2016, when the FBI took primary responsibility.[5]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  1. "Frequently Asked Questions". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  2. "Inside the FBI's Hazardous Devices School". FBI.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation. January 9, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  3. "Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)". FBI.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  4. Wiedeman, Reeves (March 16, 2017). "Inside the FBI's Remote Bomb-Test Training Range". pouplarmechanics.com. Popular Mechanics. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  5. "FBI Takes Lead Role in Training Nation's Public Safety Bomb Technicians". FBI.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation. September 22, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
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