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ATFNationalCenterforExplosivesTrainingandResearch(NCETR)

NCETR

• ATFMission• ExplosivesTrainingProgram• Fire/ArsonTrainingProgram• CurrentResearchEfforts• USBombDataCenterandNationalIntegratedBallisticInformationNetwork(NIBIN)

• LocalImpacts• Questions

ATFATFMission

• Protectthepublicfromcrimesinvolvingfirearms,explosives,arson,andthediversionofalcoholandtobaccoproducts

• Regulatelawfulcommerceinfirearmsandexplosives

NCETR’sRole• ManageandcoordinateATF’sArsonandExplosivePrograms• ProvidebasicandadvancedFire/ArsonandExplosivetraining• ConductExplosiveResearch• SupportExplosiveandArsonInvestigations

NCETR:BriefHistory• 2002:ATFformalizedtheNCETR(HomelandSecurityAct)

• 2002– 2010:NCETRatFortAPHill,VA

• 2010:NCETRoperationstransfertostateoftheartfacilityatRedstoneArsenal

• 2013:IntegrationofFire/ArsonProgramsatNCETR

DADFieldOperations-Programs

SpecialAgentinChargeNCETR

ExplosivesR&DDivision

ExplosivesR&DBranch

ExplosivesEnforcementandTrainingDivision

AdvancedExplosivesTrainingBranch

ExplosivesEnforcementBranch

NationalCanineDivision

NationalCanineBranchI

NationalCanineBranchII

FireInvestigationandArson

EnforcementDivision

FireInvestigationandArsonBranch

FireProgramsandTrainingBranch

NCETROrganizationChart

ExplosivesEnforcement&TrainingDivision

Eightprogramsintwobranches– AdvancedExplosivesTrainingBranch

• AdvancedExplosivesDisposalTechniquesTraining• HomemadeExplosives• PostBlastInvestigation• Raven’sChallenge(InteroperabilityExercise)• SpecialPrograms(ERIE,U.S.PostalPB,andSafeHandlertraining)

– ExplosivesEnforcementBranch• AdvancedExplosivesTechniquesforInvestigators• CertifiedExplosivesSpecialist• ExplosivesReliefofDisabilities

Raven’sChallenge 2018Venues

March2018– Marana,AZ(PinalAirPark)

April2018– Hattiesburg,MS(Camp

Shelby)May2018– NorthVernon,IN(MuscatatuckUrbanTrainingCenter)

July2018– Kingwood,WV(CampDawson)

FireInvestigationandArsonEnforcementDivision

Sevenprogramsintwobranches– FireArsonInvestigationBranch

• NationalResponseTeam• ATF’sA/ECriminalInvestigativeAnalysisProgram(ATFProfilers)

– FireProgramandTrainingBranch• CertifiedFireInvestigator• CertifiedFireInvestigatorCandidate• AdvancedArsonInvestigationTraining• AdvancedOrigin&Cause/CourtroomTestimony

• NationalFireAcademy

FIAEDAdvancedFireandArsonTrainingComplex(AFATC)

withState-of-the-ArtBurnCellRange

EETDandFIAEDFY17Training

• TheExplosivesEnforcementandTrainingDivision– Conducted58explosiverelatedtrainingsessions– Trainedover1,900Federal,StateandLocalinvestigatorsandMilitary

personnel

• TheFireInvestigationandArsonEnforcementDivision– Conducted37fire/arsonrelatedtrainingsessions– Trainedover800Federal,State,andlocalinvestigatorsand

prosecutors– ATFCFI’strainedover4,000fireinvestigatorsinthefield

ExplosivesResearch&DevelopmentDivision

• ERDDMission- Improve:– SafetyandSecurityofExplosivesStorage– SafeDisposalofExplosives– InvestigationofExplosivesIncidents

• TestSupport&SubjectMaterExpertise:– CES,PostBlast,andHMEPrograms– ExplosiveIndustryProgramsBranch

– SRT,USBDC

• Partnerships:– Government(DDESB,NCTC,USACOE,NGIC,

DFS)– Academia(OSU,MST,UAHandCSM)– Industry– InstituteofMakersofExplosives

ExplosivesResearch&DevelopmentDivisionCurrentEfforts

• NationalCounterTerrorismCenter(NCTC)⁻ InspireMagazine(ISISPublication)IEDDevice

Construction&Testing⁻ UAV– lethalitytestingusingfuelasmain

charge

• UniversityofAlabamaHuntsville(UAH)⁻ KineticEnergytestingofpipe-bombendcaps,

PhaseI

• AmericanPyrotechnicsAssociation(APA)⁻ HazardDivision1.3SaluteTests

• InstituteofMakersofExplosives(IME)⁻ 120,000lbs.EmulsionOverheadBinTest

NationalCanineDivision

ConsistsofTwoBranchesinFrontRoyal,VA

• NationalCanineDivisionBranchI

–ManageandtrainATFcertifiedcanineteamsusedin

explosivesandfirearmsinvestigations

• NationalCanineDivisionBranchII– TrainAccelerantandExplosivesDetectioncaninesforState,

local,otherFederal,andforeignlawenforcementagencies

U.S.BombDataCenter

U.S.BombDataCenter• Collect,analyzeanddisseminatearsonandexplosiveintelligence

• Conductexplosiveidentificationandtracing• Processexplosivetheft/lossreporting• ManageBombArsonTrackingSystem(BATS)andMobileBATS(mBATS)web-baseddatabasesusedbyFederal,stateandlocalbombtechniciansandfireinvestigators

NationalIntegratedBallisticInformationNetwork(NIBIN)

• NewNIBINfacilityandstafflocatedatNCETR– Conductballisticcomparisonofcrimescenecartridgecasingswith

othercartridgecaseimagespreviouslyenteredintothesystem– Providecorrelationandtrainingfor27states

• NIBINfacilityandmissionexpansiononRedstoneArsenal– Expandcapabilityandfacilities– Increasethenumberofcorrelationtechnicians– ExpandthenumberoftrainingcoursesofferedtoStateandLocal

partners

LocalImpactLocalTraining:FY2017– 2,824Trained

LocalHotels($725k)LocalEateries($245k)

LocalContracts:⁻ FiveStonesResearchCorporation:EngineeringPersonnel

⁻ A-P-TResearch,Inc.:SoftwareDevelopment⁻ PAE:SupportPersonnel(ChemistandInstructors)

PARTNERS

JohnR.DayActingSpecialAgentinChargeNCETR3750CorporalRoadRedstoneArsenalHuntsville,Alabama35898

John.day@atf.gov(256)261-7500

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