Clearance Activities

Mine Action Clearance Operation, is the removal of all mines and ERW to a specified depth. That depth must be determined during the task assessment, the clearance operation can be divided into two categories:

Demining – mine-clearing: The process of detecting and removing laid mines by manual or mechanical means, demining refers to the complete removal and destruction of all landmines/UXO in an area to safeguard the civilian population. Demining: localization, identification, and destruction

Battle area clearance: The systematic search, detection, and removal of all items of ordnance and munitions from a specified land area that is known to be free from landmines and it can be implemented in two ways:
- BAC - Battle-Area-Clearance: A visual search process that raises confidence that an area is free from EO without applying full Clearance processes. BAC cannot be used where the Task Assessment determines that there may be any anti-personnel mines or pressure-sensitive devices.
- BACS – Battle-Area-Clearance Subsurface: A rapid search process involving the use of metal-detectors that raises confidence that an area is risk-free from ERW without applying full Clearance processes. BACS cannot be used where the Task Assessment determines that there may be any anti-personnel mines or pressure-sensitive devices.

Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) activities Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) involves the disposal of Explosive Ordnance (EO), including mines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW).

The majority of ERW found during demining operations are small items of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), such as sub-munitions, grenades and mortar ammunition. However, ERW can also include larger items such as artillery ammunition, guided missiles, air-dropped bombs, caches of Abandoned Explosive Ordnance (AXO), post-explosion clearance of ammunition storage areas as well as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The wide variety of sizes and complexity of ERW requires special attention to be afforded to the management of EOD and the qualifications required to deal with the varying devices.

EOD includes Conventional Munitions Disposal (CMD), Biological and Chemical Munitions Disposal (BCMD), Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD), Nuclear Weapon Disposal (NWD) and Underwater Munitions Disposal (UMD).

AMACC conducts a BAC project in DEA Base is located in Ghanfuda district, 18 km southwest of Benghazi City the area is classified as a residential area and contains a number of warehouses belonging to oil companies it has been evacuated since 2014 due to the war in the city. Moreover, Ghanfudah area was considered a war zone during the period from 2014 to the end of 2016.

AMACC eliminates the threats of ERW in the base to the extent that it could be for the civilians to work safely so, ERW will never become a source of threat to the lives of civilians and will never become an obstacle to the social, and economic developments.

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