AMC DIRECTOR OF SAFETY WEAPONS SAFETY AWARD: WEAPONS SAFETY TEAM
628th Air Base Wing, Joint Base Charleston, SC
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The Weapons Safety Team, Joint Base Charleston, SC, has received the AMC Director of Safety Weapons Safety Award for 2020.
The team served as Weapons Safety Managers for 67 mission partners. They protected 309 arms, ammunitions, and explosives sites and $7.8 billion in Department of Defense assets and materials. Zero reportable explosives mishaps occurred on their watch.
Collaborating with the Air Force Civil Engineering Center, Naval Facilities Command, and Air Force Safety Center, the team worked on a 1950s-era Earth Covered Magazine and Lighting Protection System drawing review, resulting in an engineer-certified $26 million design savings.
Their work has prevented the effects of dangerous circumstances. For instance, the team created a risk assessment for Harbor Security Vessel storage. The Wing Commander then approved Earth Covered Magazine storage to protect high-value assets from hurricanes.
Entrusted with two wharves and five piers, the team certified fire, water, and electric for cargo and arms, ammunitions, and explosives ships. This certification aided operations involving $26.5 billion of global strategic assets.
No mishaps occurred while the team completed 17 arms, ammunitions, and explosives risk assessments for base units.
The team has applied their knowledge to paper, having written 61 explosive site plans, all approved by the Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board. The Joint Base Charleston Weapons/Explosives Safety training manual is now the gold standard in AMC.