Urban Survival Guide Strategies and Tactics Used by America's top SWAT Units to Clear Buildings with a Firearm

This Report is on clearing a building with a firearm. I have written guides on house/building clearing, but have never had illustrations to go with them. Recently, I was part of a collaborative group that DID have illustrations and the lesson below is the combination of my writing, the collaborative writing, and the collaborative illustrations: Clearing or searching a building when someone may be in it (who may also have a weapon) is a very dangerous task, and should not be taken lightly. Police and military often have training for such circumstances, but the normal citizen may be less than knowledgeable on the subject. Two instructors who both teach this skill (who are both located in Utah, close to an international airport) are Randy Watt (www.srwsplops.com) and Chris Wilden (www.StrategicTacticalGroup.com). The object of this article is to help educate those who may be clearing or searching a building alone. The average citizen will probably not call the police because of some unknown sound occurring at night. Maybe there is an obvious break-in, and the scream of a loved one occurs right after. A quick call to the police should happen, but a four-minute response time may be too long. What do you do? This article, for the purpose of simplification, we will assume you are in your house.