Personnel Safety Precautions

TM 5-4120-394-BD

(4) Current and anticipated enemy action. (If under hostile fire.)

b. Assessment Checks. BDAR Forms discussed in Chapter 2 permit a systematic assessment by the crew.

Assessment checks include looking at the damaged parts, determining what system they belong to, and deciding how they

can be expediently repaired to permit immediate operation (full or partial).

c. Safety Check. A safety check should be made for any obvious hazards.

(1) Have any combustibles such as fuel, hydraulic fluid, or oil accumulated?

(2) Does wiring appear to be safe? Could arcing occur to stored ammo or leaking combustibles?

d. Functional/Operational Test. A functional operational test should be performed next on those systems which

appear undamaged. For systems with a built-in self-test feature, this will be done. Only those systems found to be

damaged or inoperative, shall be identified.

e. Commander's BDAR Report. The crew shall report to the Commander the results of the crew's damage

assessment, naming the major known causes of the failure. If repair by crew is possible, he shall report a total estimated

repair time and what functions may be restored.

f. Crew Assistance. The Commander will respond with directives and, if required, will call IDS to the location of the

damaged equipment for assistance. If possible, sufficient information will be provided to enable IDS to bring any needed

repair parts or special tools.

g. Crew Repairs. The crew shall proceed to make any possible field expedient repairs to restore operability to the

limit of their skills, materials, and tools available.

1-11. Organizational Maintenance and Maintenance Teams (MT). The organizational maintenance team (MT) and

assessor operate out of the company or battalion trains. The MT assessor performs his assessment and the maintenance

team completes repairs if possible at the damage site. If the site is within direct fire or under enemy observation,

movement to a more secure site in defilade may be necessary. This is still considered "on-site".

a. Personnel Safety Precautions. If the ECU has been left unattended in the forward battle area, the immediate area

should be checked for mines and the equipment checked for booby traps before starting the battle damage assessment.

The MT should also make the safety checks necessary.

b. MT Assessment Scope. The MT assessment is more thorough than the crew's, using organizational maintenance

support tools and equipment as needed. MT assessment includes:

(1) Reviewing the crew's out-of-action report, if available.

(2) Interviewing commander and crew is available.

(3) Visually inspecting damaged parts and systems.

(4) Performing a self-test.

(5) Making tests with organizational test equipment, if required.

(6) Performing additional operational tests, as necessary.

c. MT Assessment Procedure. Using this information and following the steps of paragraph 1-3c, the MT will:

(1) Determine what must be repaired or replaced.

(2) Determine sequence and priority of repair actions.

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