Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites (UEMS)
Excess Stockpiles as Liabilities
Handbook & Online Resource
Edited by Eric G. Berman and Pilar Reina
Unplanned explosions at munitions sites (UEMS) are a significant safety concern for governments and a major security challenge for the international community. The Small Arms Survey has documented more than 500 such incidents over the 35-year period from 1979 to 2013.
This Handbook contains analysis of this data, with many helpful tables, figures, maps, and annexes. It serves three primary purposes, striving to:
- support best practice by explaining the scale and scope of the challenge that policy-makers face;
- encourage states to manage their stockpiles effectively;
- help generate better data capturing and record keeping; and
- serve as a reference tool and a training tool.
Learn more:
Downloads
Download the Handbook Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites (UEMS) and related materials:
- sections or the full handbook (available in English)
- other UEMS-related tools (available in English)
- PSSM best-practice card (available in English and also in Albanian, BCMS, Russian, and Spanish)
Map, Graphs and Database
on UEMS Incidents
- Overview
- See map and UEMS incidents by country
- See the geographical distribution of UEMS incidents
- Definition and classification of Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites (UEMS)
- UEMS Handbook (published in June 2014)
- UEMS tools (incident reporting template, best-practice information on stockpiling)
- UEMS publications and further resources
