(5) Locking doors to boiler rooms, basements, and utility closets
when not in use.
(6) Eliminating places in which to hide a bomb by good housekeeping
habits.
Accumulated trash and discarded materials are examples of such
places.
(7) Training employees to report strange people or packages.
c. Communications Channels.
Establish channels so that Federal and
local law enforcement agencies can send information about possible threats
to your facility.
Local law enforcement agencies will have access to the
latest data from the FBI.
d. Support Organizations.
Include the supporting Explosive Ordnance
Disposal (EOD) Detachment and the local fire department.
Both of these
groups will provide help in developing bomb threat procedures.
However,
during a bomb threat, the duties and responsibilities of each are limited by
regulation.
The person preparing the bomb-threat plan should know these
limitations.
e. Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
The EOC should have access to
both radio and telephone communications.
They will use these when a bomb
threat is received. The EOC may be the provost marshal's office but, this
office may also be a prime target for a bomb threat.
Therefore, an
alternate EOC should be selected.
Persons in the EOC should have the
authority to decide on actions to be taken during a threat.
f. Inspections.
Inspect buildings on a regular basis.
This will
reduce the possibility of a bomb being placed, and it will also lessen the
time required for the search after a threat has been received. Inspections
will reveal hiding places for bombs, possible targets, and building
weaknesses.
The inspector will become so familiar with his area that he
should notice any new or strange item immediately. The inspector should be
the supervisor in his area or a member of a predesignated search team.
g. Reporting System. People must know whom to notify, and how, in case
of a bomb threat. Communication methods and procedures must be determined
before, not after, a bomb threat is received.
Telephones, whistles, and
bullhorns are very important to communications during searches because of
the possibility of detonating an electric blasting cap by radio
transmission.
Radios transmissions should not be used within 150 feet of
the threatened area. This includes the small hand radios used by police and
security persons. (Also sirens on emergency vehicles may not be used.)
h. Search Teams.
There are three groups of persons who may
serve as
members of the search teams.
They are building supervisors,
building
occupants, and special search teams. The trained search teams are
the most
effective.
This is especially true when they are combined with
a brief
search by occupants before evacuation.
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