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The FBI Hazardous Devices School is a training center that trains all of the United States public safety bomb technicians at the federal, state and local level.[2] It is part of the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group.[3]
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Common name | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Abbreviation | FBI |
Motto | Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity |
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Formed | July 26, 1908; 115 years ago (1908-07-26) |
Employees | 35,104[1] (October 31, 2014) |
Annual budget | US$8.3 billion (FY 2014)[1] |
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Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction) | United States |
Operations jurisdiction | United States |
Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
Governing body | U.S. Department of Justice |
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Headquarters | J. Edgar Hoover Building Northwest, Washington, D.C. |
Sworn members | 13,260 (October 31, 2014)[1] |
Unsworn members | 18,306 (October 31, 2014)[1] |
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Field offices | 56 (List of FBI Field Offices) |
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The school is located on a 455 acre campus at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The campus contains classrooms, explosive ranges, and mock villages that include a train station, apartment complexes, a movie theater, and a strip mall.[2][4]
The school opened in 1971[2], and was jointly run by the FBI and the United States Army for 45 years until 2016, when the FBI took primary responsibility.[5]