Suspicious Activity Recognition for Bombing Prevention Course (AWR-943)

The Suspicious Activity Recognition for Bombing Prevention Course provides public safety and security professionals with foundational knowledge to identify suspicious activity related to a facility/system or a planned or unplanned event. The course covers the introduction to the BOMBER acronym and an overview of baseline behaviors, operational indicators, materials acquisition and storage, bomb-building activities, elicitation, and response.

This one-hour Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) and Independent Study Training (IST) covers the following topics:

• Identify and report improvised explosive device-related suspicious activity
• Introduction to the BOMBER acronym 
• Overview of baseline behaviors, operational indicators, materials acquisition and storage, bomb-building activities, elicitation, and response

Course Delivery Modalities:

1. This course is available as a VILT delivered by Mobile Training Team staff. 

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2. This course is also available as a self-paced IST. 

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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. 
• This course is nationally certified by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) organization for in-service Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST).

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. 

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