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Arson
& Explosives Programs Division (AEPD)
Division Chief - Guy K. Hummel
Deputy Division Chief - Phil Horbert
Public
Safety Branch (PSB)
Branch Chief - Gail Hosey Davis
Arson
& Explosives National Repository
Branch (AENRB)
Branch Chief - William Spruce
Canine
Operations Branch (COB)
Branch Chief - Rhonda Trahern
Explosives
Technology Branch (ETB)
Branch Chief - Mark Murray
Violent
Offender Branch (VOB)
Branch Chief - Phil Durham
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A Message from the Chief, Arson & Explosives Programs
Division
The
purpose of the Federal Explosives Law "is to protect
interstate and foreign commerce against interference and
interruption by reducing the hazard to persons and property
arising from misuse and unsafe or insecure storage of explosive
materials."
Having
been entrusted to administer the Federal explosives laws
(Title 18 USC Section 846), ATF understands the importance
of partnering with the explosives industry and public safety
agencies to meet that obligation. For successful partnerships
to flourish, an essential ingredient is consistent two-way
communication of information. This quarterly industry newsletter
is one of the tools ATF has developed to deliver timely
information to ATF-licensed explosives manufacturers, dealers,
and importers, as well as permittees, industry professionals,
and military/civilian bomb technicians. We hope that each
of our readers feels free to contact ATF on any explosive
issue.
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International
Explosives Assistance
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International
Group Meets to Discuss Explosives Protocols
AEPD personnel traveled to Vienna, Austria, in March
to meet with an international group of explosives experts convened
by the United Nations. The group, consisting of experts from France,
South Africa, Turkey, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Iran, India,
the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Brazil, Columbia, Peru, and the
Czech Republic, met to discuss whether there is
a need for uniform international explosives protocols to combat
transnational explosives trafficking and misuse. The group agreed
to distribute a survey to UN member nations to identify any need
for such a protocol. AEPD Chief Hummel attended this UN meeting
with Arson and Explosives National Repository Branch (AENRB) Chief
Bill Spruce, who is the U. S. explosives expert representative.
ATF Responds to Foreign Requests for Assistance
During the first quarter of 2001, special agent certified
explosives specialists (SACES), explosives enforcement officers
(EEOs), forensic chemists, and special agent certified fire investigators
(SACFI) assisted the governments of Peru, Colombia, Guatemala,
Kenya, The Federated State of Micronesia, and the United Kingdom
on explosives-related issues.
Details
of Enschede Fireworks Disaster Now on the Internet
The
May 2000 explosion at the SE Fireworks premises in Enschede, the
Netherlands, was one of the worst disasters in the fireworks (cont.)
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