W
hen the fi rst International Breaching Symposium was conceived, founders Alan Brosnan, Russ Hart and Steve Mattoon wanted an event that focused entirely on breaching. Together with the break- out sessions by subject matter experts and case studies of actual operations, the exhibiting vendors have played a signifi cant part at the conferences. Training was a part of the vendor display. Shooter’s Performance In- stitute from Texas, National Security Associates from Georgia, and Tier One Group located near Memphis maintained booths with handout ma- terials, displays and well-versed representatives. T ese three fi rms provide courses primarily focused on military teams. Broco also off ers training on its product line and Cherry Engineering provides advanced courses for explosive breachers. Of all the training providers in attendance, Tactical Energetic Entry Systems provides a comprehensive spectrum of courses: law enforcement and military; me- chanical, ballistic, thermal and explosive training; advanced and instruc- tor level courses. A variety of other vendors were on hand at the display area directly adjacent to the presentations. Protective Solutions and Kodiak dis- played numerous mechanical tools and related products. A conglomera- tion booth from Mossberg, SureFire and Magtech primarily exhibited breaching shotguns and accessories. Robots from RoboteX, ICOR and Remotech were on hand. Blaster Tool & Supply, Omni Distributing, Breachers Tape, and Ideal Blasting Supply had booths with a multiplicity of explosive spe- cialty items. Specialized security fi rms were represented by Harpoon & Keywave and Secure Solutions & Design. Black Box Biometrics showed off their personal blast gauge system, software and informative literature on blast injuries.
AWARDS BANQUET T e evening of day two of the International Breachers Symposium is the awards banquet. T is year, Jeff Nyce received the International Breacher Award of Excellence. Nyce retired this year from the Montgomery County, Md. Police as a SGT/Team Leader with 33 years on the job. He has over 4,000 documented high-risk missions including the capture of the ‘D.C. Sniper’ and the hostage incident at the Discovery building. He helped initiate their explosive breaching program in the 1990s and has been a proponent to expand that capability to others for adjacent agencies.
Jim Clements received Spirit of the International Breachers Sympo- sium Award. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom and former EOD specialist with U.K. Army. His work has been instrumental in developing scientifi c data for blast pressure eff ects on the human body. T ese eff orts have made explo- sive breaching safer in the U.K. as well as the tactical community.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS T e breakout sessions are always a major benefi t with subject matter experts. Overpressure and blast pressure issues are a growing concern in the fi eld. Dr. Gary Kamimori from U.S. Army’s Walter Reed Hos- pital–Behavioral Biology Branch gave a lecture on blast pressures from explosives, ballistics and distraction devices.
He made a number of points. First was a validation that water impulse cuts the overpressure directly in front of the blast by at least 50 percent. Note the overpressure is directed laterally along the walls if blowing a
S ONE OF THE OPERATORS STANDS BY A DOOR SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF THE TEC TORCH ON PADLOCKS.
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S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE SYMPOSIUM IS GETTING TO TRY OUT MANY OF THE PRODUCTS. BROCO SUPPLIED THEIR ENFORCER RAM FOR ANYONE TO USE AS MUCH AS THEY WANTED.
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