Range Safety Brief / OIC-RSO Worksheet
Build the OIC/RSO safety brief: range data, limits and SDZ, cease-fire and misfire procedures, protective equipment, a pre-filled 9-line MEDEVAC, and a briefed roster.
What this worksheet covers
Name, rank, and unit prefill from your service profile.
Range data
- Range / location
- Date
- Range times (open–close)
- Unit
- OIC (rank, name, phone)
- RSO (rank, name, phone)
- Range control frequency / call sign / phone
- Residual risk (DD 2977) and approving authority
Weapons and ammunition
- Weapons and ammunition
- Ammunition and brass accountability; "no brass, no ammo" check
Safety brief
- Range limits, SDZ, and range status
Left and right limits, the firing line, the SDZ and any restrictions, and how hot/cold status is shown (red flag, lights).
- Cease-fire procedure
- Misfire and malfunction procedures
- Protective equipment
- Weather, lightning, and heat criteria
Medical and evacuation
- Medical coverage and evacuation plan
9-line medevac (PRE-FILLED)
- Line 1 — Location of pickup site (grid)
- Line 2 — Radio frequency, call sign, and suffix
- Line 3 — Number of patients by precedence
- Line 4 — Special equipment required
- Line 5 — Number of patients by type
- Line 6 — Number and type of wound (peacetime) / security at pickup site (wartime)
- Line 7 — Method of marking pickup site
- Line 8 — Patient nationality and status
- Line 9 — Terrain description (peacetime) / CBRN contamination (wartime)
Acknowledgment
- Personnel briefed
Everyone on the range signs after the brief, including latecomers and support personnel.
How to fill out the Range safety worksheet
The OIC and RSO brief every person on the range before firing. This worksheet puts the required content in one place: who is in charge, the limits, how to stop fire, what to do with a misfire, protective equipment, and how a casualty gets to care. When: Build it during range planning (after range control assigns the range and you have the SDZ and ammunition), then brief it at the start of the range day and to anyone who arrives late.
Step by step
- Fill the range data: range, dates and times, OIC, RSO, range control frequency and call sign, and the approved risk level.
- List weapons and ammunition by DODIC and quantity, and how ammunition and brass will be accounted for.
- Write the limits (left, right, and firing line), the SDZ and any restrictions, and how range status (hot/cold) is shown.
- Write the cease-fire procedure, misfire and malfunction procedures, and weather or lightning stop criteria.
- Pre-fill the 9-line MEDEVAC and the route to the nearest medical treatment facility; confirm the medic, CLS, and evacuation vehicle.
- Brief it, have everyone sign the roster, and keep it with the range packet.
What a strong one looks like
- Anyone who sees an unsafe act can and must call "CEASE FIRE". Say it in the brief.
- Drive the evacuation route before the range and write the time it takes.
- Keep the brief short and specific to this range; read the SOP items that apply rather than the whole SOP.
Common mistakes
- A 9-line with blank lines or the wrong grid for the pickup site.
- No lightning or heat-category criteria until the weather turns.
- Latecomers who never got the brief.