Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Employee Training Course (AWR-921)

The Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Employee Training Course teaches participants how to recognize suspicious purchasing behaviors in a retail setting that might indicate bomb-making activity and what to do when a suspicious incident occurs.

This 35-minute Independent Study Training (IST) is a self-paced, web-based course covering the following topics:

• The types of people who build bombs
• Commercially available products used to make homemade explosives and build improvised explosive devices
• Suspicious purchases and behaviors
• How to report a suspicious incident

Certifications & Accreditations 

The Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP) is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to award Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for this course: 0.1 CEU. 

Before you Attend: Registration Information

• To apply for a Federal Emergency Management Agency Student Identification Number (FEMA SID), complete the one-time registration process by visiting the link below. 

https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid/register 

• For assistance with your FEMA SID, contact the FEMA SID Help Desk at (866) 291-0696 or email below. 

FEMASIDHELP@cdpemail.dhs.gov

Participants attending web-based deliveries will need the following to complete this course:

• Computer or mobile device
• Internet connection

For other OBP training, please visit Training | CISA. 

For more information or to request training, email us at OBPTraining@cisa.dhs.gov.