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Expectations During an Incident
Specific
Threats
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- If you receive
a threat, including a bomb threat, extortion threat or threat from an
individual, remain calm, listen carefully, take as many notes as possible
and contact the police immediately. Have someone pull the local fire
alarm to begin an evacuation of the building as described above while
you are on the phone.
- Try to remember
the following information:
- What was
the caller’s exact wording of the threat?
- What was
the time and date you received the call?
- If your phone
has caller ID, note the incoming number.
- The telephone
number (location of extension) at which the call was received.
- Did the caller
reveal any of the following (the caller may be the perpetrator or may
be someone with knowledge of the threat trying to help):
- What type
of threat was reported?
- When is the
threat to be carried out/bomb going to explode?
- Where is
it right now?
- What does
it look like?
- What kind
of package/device/bomb is it?
- What will
cause it to explode?
- Did the caller
place the bomb?
- Why?
- Caller’s
name?
- Location
of the caller?
- How can the
caller be contacted for additional help?
- Was the caller’s
voice – calm, normal, angry, nasal, raspy, ragged, cracking, slurred,
soft, loud, distinct, excited, slow, rapid, disguised, familiar (if
so, who did it sound like), whispered, female, male, other, have a stutter,
a lisp, accent, were they laughing, crying, breathing heavily, did they
clear their throat?
- Did you hear any
background sounds – street noises, factory machinery, aircraft
noise, animal noises, public address system, music, static, house noises,
television, motor, typewriters, was another language heard?
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