Explosive Safety Siting of Corps of Engineers Standard Igloo Designs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains a family of Standard Design storage magazines. These designs are used throughout the Department of Defense DOD to store explosives and munitions. The DOD 6055.9- STD defines the approved safety siting and quantity limits for standard and nonstandard magazines. Several of the Corps Standard Designs are directly referenced by the DOD 6055.9-STD. There is a serious lack of understanding of the limitation on the use of Corps Standard Design magazines as Standard or Nonstandard storage as defined by DOD 6055.9-STD. This paper provides guidance in understanding the proper use of the Corps Standard Igloo Designs to comply with the exploqive safety requirements of the DOD standard.