ECS Week 1 – Operational Risk Management and Weapons Safety, Questions with Verified Answers

ECS WEEK 1:
OPERATIONAL RISK
MANAGEMENT AND
WEAPONS SAFETY
QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS

, ECS WEEK 1: OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND
WEAPONS SAFETY QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
"Cease fire" - -Answer--Immediately stop firing
Used to cease target engagement

"Check fire" - -Answer--Describes temporary interruption imposed on the range by range control

"Fire (threat)" - -Answer--Engage the target
Directs shooter to discharge the weapon towards target

"Load and make ready" - -Answer--Take weapon from condition 4 to 1
Directs shooter to place rounds in weapon and chamber a round

"Load" - -Answer--Take weapon from control 4 to 3
Directs shooter to place rounds into weapon (does not mean put chamber in round)

"Make ready" - -Answer--Take weapon from control 3 to 1
Directs shooter to chamber a round

"Make safe" - -Answer--Remove finger from trigger, place safety on "safe"

"Range is cold" - -Answer--Condition of the range when live fire has not been authorized by
range control

"Range is hot" - -Answer--Condition of the range when live fire has been authorized by range
control (permission to conduct live fire)

"Show clear" - -Answer--With supervisor verify no ammo is present before weapon is put into
condition 4

"Unload, show clear" - -Answer--Unload and have second person verify
Directs shooter to take the rounds out of weapon including chamber and having second
individual check clear

"Unload" - -Answer--Take weapon from control 1 or 3 to condition 4
No ammo present
Directs shooter to take rounds out of weapon including the chamber

1 cycle for how many steps? - -Answer--8 steps per...

3 major component groups (M9) - -Answer--Receiver assembly
Slide barrel assembly
Magazine assembly

5 steps of ORM - -Answer--1. Identify hazards
2. Assess hazards
3. Make risk decisions
4. Implement controls