Allied Ammunition Storage and Transport Publication Number 4 (AASTP-4) –
Status and Future Updates (21302)
Presenter/Author: Hans Øiom, Sening, Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency, Ammunition
Risk Assessment Team, +47 9152 5521, hoiom@mil.no.
ABSTRACT
AASTP-4 Ed 1-Version 4 (2016) – Application of risk analysis to the storage and transport
of military ammunition and explosives lists the state of the art methodologies to establish
risk based decision based on quantitative assessment of the consequence and probability of
explosives accidents in storage and handling of ammunition stocks.
Part I of the manual describes how to set up a risk based decision system, and present an
adaption of the ISO standard specially aimed at assessing the risk from explosives accidents.
Part II of the manual lists models available for quantifying risk (the analysis part) by
addressing probability of event, exposure of personnel, explosive effects and response to
personnel following the effects.
The models described can be listed in three categoriesNATO agreed models.
- Models with only one listed option.
- Multiple options listed as nationally approved methods.
Future issue of AASTP-4 will focus on NATO agreed models. Nationally approved models
will be listed as available references.
The goal for future work is:
- Interoperable assessment of explosives safety
- Agreement on NATO agreed models used in analysis tools.
- Peer (NATO) review of models
- Implement RD as prompt as possible into available models.
