General Services Administration
Bomb Threat Checklist
Important: Remain Calm
Section I- Instructions
When receiving a bomb threat:
Stay calm and courteous and report threat immediately to 911 and to the chain of command.
Time Call Received ___________________________________________Incoming Extension Number___________________________
Exact wording of threat:
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Section II --PERTINENT INFORMATION
Question the caller about the following:
1. What type of bomb is it? ______________________________________________________________________
2. When is the bomb going to go off? Date:_______________________Time:_______________________________
3. Where is it right now?Building_________________________________________Floor_________Room_______
4. Who put it there?
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5. What does it look like? ________________________________________________________________________
6. What will trigger it?
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7. Who made the bomb? _________________________________________________________________________
8. Why are you doing this? _______________________________________________________________________
9. What is your name? _________________________________________________________________________
10. What is your phone number/address?_____________________________________________________________
SECTION III--DESCRIPTION OF CALLER'S VOICE
MALE FEMALE UNKNOWN
YOUNG OLD MIDDLE AGED
CALM EXCITED REFINED
ACCENT SLANG ROUGH
NERVOUS IMPAIRED SPEECH BACKGROUND NOISES
DESCRIBE NOISES IF ANY: