FBI Hazardous Devices School
The FBI Hazardous Devices School is a training center that trains all of the United States public safety bomb technicians at the federal, state and local level.[2] It is part of the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group.[3]
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| Formed | July 26, 1908 |
| Employees | 35,104[1] (October 31, 2014) |
| Annual budget | US$8.3 billion (FY 2014)[1] |
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| Headquarters | J. Edgar Hoover Building Northwest, Washington, D.C. |
| Sworn members | 13,260 (October 31, 2014)[1] |
| Unsworn members | 18,306 (October 31, 2014)[1] |
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The school is located on a 455-acre campus at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The campus contains classrooms, explosive ranges, and mock villages that include a train station, apartment complexes, a movie theater, and a strip mall.[2][4]
The school opened in 1971,[2] and was jointly run by the FBI and the United States Army for 45 years until 2016, when the FBI took primary responsibility.[5]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- "Frequently Asked Questions". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- "Inside the FBI's Hazardous Devices School". FBI.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation. January 9, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- "Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)". FBI.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- Wiedeman, Reeves (March 16, 2017). "Inside the FBI's Remote Bomb-Test Training Range". pouplarmechanics.com. Popular Mechanics. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- "FBI Takes Lead Role in Training Nation's Public Safety Bomb Technicians". FBI.gov. Federal Bureau of Investigation. September 22, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
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