The US General Services Administration has a free website for emergency services providers to learn about how to deal with some of the post Oklahoma City Bombing upgrades to many federal buildings.

Some anti-terrorism upgrades may present an emergency ingress problem for emergency response forces that respond to these facilities in locations all over the United States to include the state of Texas.

The site features a multi-media tutorial that will help firfighters leant how to deal with specially designed windows meant to protect occupants from glass fragments and debris that may result from explosions, high winds, gun shots, physical attack, and other severe events. These special windows are generally harder to break than typical windows. This may cause some difficulties for an unsuspecting and unprepared firefighter attempting to vent or clear a window.

This training presents background information on blast, hurricane, and ballistic resistant windows. Methods and issues associated with clearing such windows are presented. Students may evaluate their knowledge by taking the examination and are eligible for a certificate of training should they pass the test.

In order to view this tutorial a high-speed Internet connection is required. If you do not have a high-speed Internet connection and are unable to gain access to one, you may download the classroom manual to review. You will also need speakers to hear the audio, Flash is needed as well to view all of the the content, and you should set your monitor to 1024 x 768 for best viewing and Microsoft Internet Explorer is the preferred web browser.

The site can be directly acceded at http://www.oca.gsa.gov/firefighter/introduction.php