• Question: do you like to blow up stuff?

    Asked by hhaannaahh26 to Jamie, Jodie, Kat, Mark, Niamh on 17 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Jamie Pringle

      Jamie Pringle answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Hello hhaannaahh26,

      That would be a great job wouldnt it! But I dont currently no. Mark may though!

      I do have plans to do some small detonations of IEDs and see if I can find the impact area using geophysical methods, but this is only the planning stage currently!

    • Photo: Mark Hill

      Mark Hill answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Hello hhaannaahh,

      I never get the opportunity nor find the need to blow anything up. It seems that there are enough things blowing up around the world at the moment, without me adding to the problem.
      Mark

    • Photo: Niamh Nic Daeid

      Niamh Nic Daeid answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Hi Hhaannahh26 –

      As a fire investigator I also get involved in investigating some explosions and some times we need to do tests that involve creating explosions. I’ve also been involved in training courses where we’ve blown up cars using improvised explosive devices (IED’s). Some of our research involved detection of IED residues so we have to blow some up to generate samples

    • Photo: Katherine Davies

      Katherine Davies answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi

      Yes! Despite it not being part of my work, im a bit of a pyromaniac. I have always been tempted to set fire to or blow up some maggots!

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