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Quantity-Distance (Q-D) Requirements Aviation Ordinanceman 2 & 3 - Aviation theories Quantity-distance requirements for Class 1,
and other practices division 1 items (example)

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Table 12-5.—Hazard Class 1 Division Designators and Types
about of burning container materials, propellant, or
of Hazards
other flaming debris. Toxic effects, such as burning
pyrotechnic items, will not normally extend beyond the
inhabited building distances specified for this division.
MODERATE FIRE HAZARD, NO BLAST
MATERIALS (CLASS 1, DIVISION 4).— Items in
this division present a fire hazard with no blast hazard
and virtually no fragmentation or toxic hazard beyond
the fire hazard clearance specified for high-risk
materials. However, separate facilities for storage and
Home
handling of this division should not be less than 100 feet
from other facilities. However, if the facilities are of
fire-resistive construction, they may be 50 feet from
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each other. If devices containing explosives are such
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Advancement that accidental ignition during storage or transport will
Aerographer intended use. The divisions within Class 1 and the not cause external damage to the devices, either by fire,
Automotive expected hazard for each division is listed in table 12-5. smoke, heat, loud noise, or by visible damage to the
Aviation outer packaging, they are not considered Class 1 items.
Combat MASS-DETONATING HAZARD MATE-
These devices may be considered inert for storage
Construction RIALS (CLASS 1, DIVISION 1).— Damage from
purposes and marked AMMUNITION NON-
Diving mass-detonating hazard materials is caused by
Draftsman EXPLOSIVE for transport purposes.
concussion or blast or by sympathetic detonation.
Engineering
....Electronics Prescribed distances between piles of these materials Certain articles within the division that contain one
Food and Cooking and between magazines containing these materials must ounce or less of explosives have (based on test results)
Math be maintained to minimize the possibility of been classified as Class 1, Division 4S. These articles
Medical sympathetic detonation or propagation. Ammunition may be considered inert for storage purposes, and they
Music and explosives that are considered mass-detonating are not subject to explosive transportation regulations.
Nuclear hazards are Hazard Class 1, Division 1. Articles containing larger quantities of explosives, also
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Photography NON-MASS-DETONATING HAZARD, classified as Class 1, Division 4S, may be considered
Religion FRAGMENT-PRODUCING MATERIALS inert for storage purposes. However, they must be
USMC reviewed on an individual basis to determine whether
(CLASS 1, DIVISION 2).— The principal hazards for
explosive transportation regulations are applicable.
items within this division are fragment and blast, either
Products
individually or in combination, depending on such VERY INSENSITIVE EXPLOSIVE ITEM
Educational CD-
ROM's factors as storage configuration, type of packing, and MATERIALS (CLASS 1, DIVISION 5).— Items in
Printed Manuals quantity. The designated minimum distances are based this division are considered very insensitive when not
Downloadable Books upon the limited range of fragments. These are the stored or transported with other Class 1 materials. DOD
distances that must be used for protection of inhabited considers these items to be the same as Class 1, Division 1,
buildings and public traffic routes. Since fragment- Compatibility Group D. There is very little probability
producing materials can be grouped according to the of accidental explosion or transition from deflagration
range of the fragments produced, four fragment distance to detonation. The materials within this division are
categories have been established. This permits flexibil- shipped as Q-D Hazard Class 1, Division 5. They are
ity of storage. Most fragments produced by incidents in stored as Class 1, Division 1, Compatibility Group D.
this division will fall within one of four specified
minimum distances—400, 800, 1,200, and 1,800 feet. Normally, technical manuals do not present the
hazard class, division, and compatibility group as they
MASS FIRE HAZARD MATERIALS (CLASS
are written in previous paragraphs. For example, an item
1, DIVISION 3).— Items in this division burn
classified as Class 1, Division 5, Compatibility Group
vigorously. There is little or no possibility for D, is written as Class 1.5D; or for an item in Class 1,
extinguishing them in a storage situation. Normally, Division 4, Compatibility Group S is written as Class 1.4S.
explosions will be confined to pressure ruptures of
containers and will not produce propagating shock Figure 12-1 shows Q-D information about Class 1.1
waves or damaging blast overpressure beyond specified items. As you read this paragraph, refer to figure 12-1.
distances. A severe fire may result from the tossing Col 1 and Col 2 list the minimum and maximum

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