3d Marine Aircraft Wing Fusion Cell

Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Safe Stand-Off Distance Reference Chart

High Threat Maximum Lethal Minimum Maximum Evacuation

Explosives Description Explosive Air Blast Evacuation Distance *3
(TNT Equivalent) Capacity *1 Range Distance *2 (Falling Glass Hazard)
Pipe Bomb 5 lbs. 25 ft. 70 ft. 850 ft.
2.3 kg 8m 21 m 259 m
Suicide Belt 10 lbs. 30 ft. 90 ft. 1.080 ft.
4.5 kg 9m 27 m 330 m
Suicide Vest 20 lbs. 35 ft. 120 ft. 1,360 ft.
9 kg 11 m 37 m 415 m
Briefcase / Suitcase 50 lbs. 40 ft. 150 ft. 1,850 ft.
Bomb 23 kg 12 m 46 m 564 m
Compact Sedan 500 lbs. 100 ft. 1,500 ft. 1,500 ft.
227 kg 30 m 457 m 457 m
Full-Sized Sedan 1,000 lbs. 125 ft. 1,750 ft. 1,750 ft.
454 kg 38 m 534 m 534 m
Passenger / Cargo 4,000 lbs. 200 ft. 2,750 ft. 2,750 ft.
Van 1,814 kg 61 m 838 m 838 m
Small Delivery Truck / 10,000 lbs. 300 ft. 3,750 ft. 3,750 ft.
Delivery Van 4,536 kg 91 m 1,143 m 1,143 m
Moving Van / 30,000 lbs. 450 ft. 6,500 ft. 6,500 ft.
Water Truck 13,608 kg 137 m 1,982 m 1,982 m
Tractor-Trailer / 60,000 lbs. 600 ft. 7,000 ft. 7,000 ft.
Semi-Trailer 27,216 kg 183 m 2,134 m 2.134 m
Liquefied Threat LPG Mass / Volume Fireball Diameter Safe Distance
Petroleum Gas Description *1 *4 *5
Small LPG Tank 20lbs. / 5 gal. 40 ft. 160 ft.
9 kg / 19 L 12 m 48 m
Large LPG Tank 100 lbs. / 25 gal. 69 ft. 276 ft.
45 kg / 95 L 21 m 84 m
Commercial LPG Tank 2,000 lbs. / 500 gal. 184 ft. 736 ft.
907 kg / 1,893 L 56 m 224 m
Small LPG Truck 8,000 lbs. / 2,000 gal. 292 ft. 1,168 ft.
3,630 kg / 7,570 L 89 m 356 m
Tractor-Trailer / 40,000 lbs. / 10,000 gal. 499 ft. 1,996 ft.
Semi-Trailer 18,144 kg / 37,850 L 152 m 608 m
*1 Based on the maximum amount of material that could reasonably fit into a container or vehicle. Variations possible.
*2 Governed by the ability of a non-reinforced building to withstand severe damage or collapse.
*3 Governed by the greater of fragment throw distance or glass breakage/falling glass hazard distance. These distances can be reduced for
personnel wearing ballistic protection. Note that the pipe bomb, suicide belt/vest, and briefcase/suitcase bomb are assumed to have a
fragmentation characteristic that requires greater standoff distances than an equal amount of explosives in a vehicle.
*4 Assuming efficient mixing of the flammable gas with ambient air.
*5 Determined by U.S. firefighting practices wherein safe distances are approximately 4 times the flame height. Note that an LPG tank filled
with high explosives would require a significantly greater standoff distance than if it were filled with LPG.

This is the preferred area for evacuation of people into buildings and
Safe mandatory for people outdoors.
Area
Must
Evacuate All personnel must seek shelter inside a building (with some risk) away
Entire Area from windows and exterior walls, or move beyond the Maximum
(buildings Evacuation Distance (Safe Area).
included)