SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 1 SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness

Slide 2  Introduction and questionnaire  Defining mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO)  Identifying the threat  Informing and preparing yourself  Practising caution on the road  Exiting a minefield  Treating injury  Introduction and questionnaire  Defining mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO)  Identifying the threat  Informing and preparing yourself  Practising caution on the road  Exiting a minefield  Treating injury

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 3  Be aware, be safe ― Mines and UXO are always dangerous  Only trained specialists should search for and handle them  Be aware, be safe ― Mines and UXO are always dangerous  Only trained specialists should search for and handle them

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 4 True or false?  Unexploded bombs are not so dangerous because you can see them and simply move them out of your way.

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 5 True or false?  A type of mine will explode only when you take your foot off of it; so you may have time to find a heavy object to place on the mine as you remove your foot.

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 6 True or false?  A mine that did not go off the first time will not explode later.

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 7  If you run or drive very quickly through a minefield, you can avoid the blast of an exploding mine. True or false?

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 8 True or false?  Driving livestock through a field makes the field safe from mines.

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 9 True or false?  Landmines tend to rot in the ground, so they will not work after being buried for a few years.

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 10 True or false?  Burning an area may clear it of some mines, but not all of them.

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 11 Mines, landmines  Anti-personnel  Blast effect  Fragmentation  Stake  Directional  Bounding  Anti-tank, anti-vehicle UXO  Grenades, rockets, mortars, bombs, other Mines, landmines  Anti-personnel  Blast effect  Fragmentation  Stake  Directional  Bounding  Anti-tank, anti-vehicle UXO  Grenades, rockets, mortars, bombs, other

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 12 Activation by:  Direct pressure  Tripwires  Command detonation  Tilt rods  Time delay  Disturbance  Other (e.g., light)  Direct pressure  Tripwires  Command detonation  Tilt rods  Time delay  Disturbance  Other (e.g., light)

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 13 Identifying the threat  Country-specific leaflets  Mine replicas (DO NOT TOUCH)  Updates from mine action centre, other  Country-specific leaflets  Mine replicas (DO NOT TOUCH)  Updates from mine action centre, other

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 14  Destroyed buildings, vehicles, equipment  Partly visible mines and UXO  Discarded packaging  Tripwires, tilt rods  Casualties, injured or dead animals  Signs of fighting  Disturbed soil, vegetation  Overgrown areas  Signs of local behaviour (areas avoided)  Destroyed buildings, vehicles, equipment  Partly visible mines and UXO  Discarded packaging  Tripwires, tilt rods  Casualties, injured or dead animals  Signs of fighting  Disturbed soil, vegetation  Overgrown areas  Signs of local behaviour (areas avoided) Warning signs

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 15  When in doubt, stay out!  Well-laid landmines are almost impossible to see!  Never approach, never touch landmines or UXO!  When in doubt, stay out!  Well-laid landmines are almost impossible to see!  Never approach, never touch landmines or UXO! Three cardinal rules

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 16 Know who can help you  Medical facilities  Mine action centres, agencies  United Nations resources  Aid agencies, NGOs  Medical facilities  Mine action centres, agencies  United Nations resources  Aid agencies, NGOs

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 17  The locations you should know about  The types of information you should collect  From whom you should collect the information  The locations you should know about  The types of information you should collect  From whom you should collect the information Update your mine and UXO information regularly

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 18 Share your information with:  Your head office  Local mine action centres  United Nations resources  Aid agencies, NGOs  Your head office  Local mine action centres  United Nations resources  Aid agencies, NGOs

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 19  Follow personal and vehicle safety procedures.  Drive slowly: speed is not a priority over safety!  Don’t take risks! If you have any doubt, turn back!  Follow personal and vehicle safety procedures.  Drive slowly: speed is not a priority over safety!  Don’t take risks! If you have any doubt, turn back!

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 20 Caught in a minefield? Movement stops Inform and warn: tell everyone not to move, contact base, indicate location Note area, examine ground, look for tripwires and mines, identify safe ground Evaluate situation, take control Do not move from your location, wait for help Movement stops Inform and warn: tell everyone not to move, contact base, indicate location Note area, examine ground, look for tripwires and mines, identify safe ground Evaluate situation, take control Do not move from your location, wait for help MINEDMINED MINEDMINED

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 21 Injury in a minefield?  Do not rush to the victim — do not try to rescue her/him  Note time and location  Call a mine clearance team and medevac  Talk to the victim  Prepare first aid kit  Wait for assistance  Do not rush to the victim — do not try to rescue her/him  Note time and location  Call a mine clearance team and medevac  Talk to the victim  Prepare first aid kit  Wait for assistance

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 22 Emergency procedures  Check victim for breathing  Stop the bleeding  Elevate injured limb above heart level  Keep victim calm, protect from exposure  Get victim to hospital by best available means  Check victim for breathing  Stop the bleeding  Elevate injured limb above heart level  Keep victim calm, protect from exposure  Get victim to hospital by best available means

SGTM 7: Landmine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness Slide 23  Be aware of the threat  Be informed and prepared  Be careful: emergency procedures  Be aware of the threat  Be informed and prepared  Be careful: emergency procedures