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Telephone Bomb Threat
Action
Who should search? - Home Office advice:
The police will not normally search premises following receipt of a bomb threat. They are not
familiar with the premises and layout, and will not be aware of what should be there and what
is out of place. They cannot therefore search as quickly and as thoroughly as staff who work
there all the time.
Search priorities - Home Office advice:
Those areas which will be used as bomb shelters or evacuation assembly areas, together
with those areas where the greater number of the public or staff are likely to be vulnerable
should be searched first. Public areas to which the 'terrorist' may have had easy access
should also have priority. Do not overlook car parks, the outside area and the perimeter.
When something is found - Home Office advice:
• Do not touch it or move it
• Move away from it immediately
• Communicate what has been found to the Emergency Response Team Leader using
hand-held radios only once out of the immediate vicinity of the device
• Remain on hand to brief the police on the exact location and description