Section 200.21 Identification of Non-Commercial and/or Homemade Explosive Materials

Section 200.21  Identification of Non-Commercial

and/or Homemade Explosive Materials

Non-commercial and/or homemade explosive materials may

be identified through laboratory analysis for explosives material verification,

or field tested by a law enforcement bomb technician who has completed and is

currently certified through Hazardous Devices School operated by the Federal

Bureau of Investigation (FBI).  The field test shall consist of a "test

burn" to provide verification the material tested is energetic, and then

followed by the use of analytic tools, such as spectrometer/analyzer (when

determined safe to perform) by a certified law enforcement bomb technician.

When a certified law enforcement bomb technician determines that the weight of

explosive materials cannot be achieved by weighing the explosive material

safely, the explosive substances and/or the device/containment shall be

considered the total explosive weight.  Where the explosives cannot be removed

safely from its location and/or its containment for identification, and the

certified bomb technician must initiate or "blow in place" and/or in

its containment, the bomb squad or its representatives shall video record the

initiation of the explosives to provide video evidence the explosives did react

by explosion.