DATE & TIME     

May 16, 2026 | 0800 - 1700 CST 

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 post-detonation 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 "20260516" on Acadis Portal or

https://on.in.gov/AWR313Valparaiso

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)