Managing the Bomb Threat Course Outline

  • INTRODUCTION
    • Instructor Profile
    • Overview of Day
  • THREATS AND BOMBINGS
    • Who & Why
    • Motives
    • History of Threats and Bombings
    • Latest Statistics
    • Suicide Terrorism
  • EXPLOSIVES RECOGNITION
    • Commercial Explosives
    • Improvised Explosives Devices
    • Effects of Explosives
    • Types of Bombs
  • ORGANIZATION
    • Senior Management
    • Threat Search Teams
    • Emergency Operations Centre
    • Employee Responsibilities
  • EVACUATION
    • Purpose
    • Options
    • Considerations
    • Distance
    • Assembly (Safe Holding) Area
  • SEARCH
    • Covert/Overt
    • Two-Person Technique
    • Methods
    • Equipment
    • Use of Two-Way Radios
  • TELEPHONE THREAT PROCEDURES
    • Telephone Checklist
    • Questioning Technique
    • Tracing/Monitoring/Recording
  • MAIL ROOM PROCEDURES
    • Signs of Suspicious Mail
    • Detection Technologies
    • Anthrax Scare
  • PHYSICAL SECURITY (BASICS)
    • Eliminate the Hiding Places
    • Window Protection
    • Access Control
  • CONTINGENCY PLANNING
    • Reasons for Prior Planning
    • Lessons Learned From Bombings
    • Content of A Plan
    • Vehicle Bombs
    • Non-Working Hour Procedures
    • Aggressor Tactics
    • Finding Suspicious Package without a Threat
    • Transit Security
  • THREAT EVALUATION
    • Considerations
    • Discussion of Scenarios
    • Threat and Risk Assessment
    • Threat Levels