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- .o B.T Bomb Threat Policy o.
- iNFERNO 1995
-
- BOMB THREAT POLICY :
-
- A Bomb Threat may be received on any phone at any time - YOU MUST KNOW
- WHAT TO DO.
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- A suspect package or object may be found anywhere - YOU MUST KNOW WHAT TO
- DO.
-
- It is ESSENTIAL that you READ THIS DOCUMENT and keep it readily available
- for subsequent REFERENCE.
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- Incident Controller
-
- The Incident Controller (IC) will manage all emergency situations in this
- building for the protection of BT people. If you have any queries on the
- content of this leaflet, please advicse your IC or the BS Zone Customer
- Centre on telephone numbers shown in your Local Bomb Threat Notice.
-
- General Advice
-
- This leaflet is intended to give general advice for action in the event of
- a Bomb Threat or discovery of a suspicious package or object. It is
- considered good advise, though common sense may dictate that on a
- particular occasion another approach should be used to achieve the same
- goal.
-
- Watchfulness
-
- People can contribute greatly to their own safety by looking out for, and
- reporting deficiencies in security, challenging strangers, reporting
- defective locks, windows, etc, to the BC Zone Customer Centre.
-
- Housekeeping
-
- Unfamiliar objects can be more easily spotted if you exercise `good
- housekeeping', i.e, keep your room and corrudors tidy and unoccupied
- offices closed.
-
- TELEPHONED BOMB THREATS
-
- If You Receive The Call:
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- Take details of the actual words used in the threat.
-
- As soon as possible advise the Incident Controller of the situation by
- phone and act on his advice. (In the event that the IC or Deputy is
- unavailable then telephone the police and act on their advice, and also
- advise theBS Zone Customer Centre who will locate someone to attend).
-
- A formal record of the Bomb Threat Call should be made on the form
- attached to the local Bomb and Bomb Threat Procedures Notice, issued
- seperatly,and fowarded to the incident controller.
-
- To Trace A Call.
-
- If your colleague advises you that he is taking a Bomb Threat Call,
- IMMEDIATELY try getting a trace on the caller:
-
- - Contact the public exchange operator and ask for "A call trace on a Bomb
- Threat call being received on .............." (quote the phone number the
- threat is being received on)
-
- - The results on the trace (whether successful or not) should be advised
- to your collegue receiving the call and phoned through to the incident
- controller.
-
- SUSPECT OBJECTS, PACKAGES OR VECHICLES
-
- Action on Discovery.
-
- If you discover a suspect object, letter parcel or vechicle:
-
- - DO NOT move, cover, or interfere with it
-
- - The highest ranking person in the immediate vicinity (you may be that
- person, regardless of your grade) must then IMMEDIATLY arrange for all the
- people to clear the room, the surrounding rooms, and if thought necessary,
- the whole floor.
-
- - Whilst arranging the evacuation, ensure that the Incident Controller is
- urgently advised of the situation by phone and act on his advice. (In
- the
- event that the incident controller and deputy are unavailable, then
- telephone the police and act on their advise, then advice the BS Zone
- Customer Centre who will locate someone to attend).
-
- - Complete the form attached to the local Bomb and Bomb Threat Notice, issued
- seperatly and the foward to the Incident Controller.
-
- IDENTIFYING A BOMB
-
- A bomb can be anything large enough to hold explosive or incendiary
- material, ranging in size from a matchbox to a suitcase or even larger.
-
- A reliable indication may be the discovery of an object which is alien to
- that location, unusual in appearance, hidden from casual view and/or, of
- questionablee ownership.
-
- A letter or parcel bomb can be of almost any size that can travel by
- post.
-
- DON'T OPEN IT, leave it in a clear area for investigation.
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