365 Hazardous Devices

Question 1

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, requests for HDU shall be made through the Investigative Police Emergency Communications Officer (PECO) - 24 hours a day, by who?

Answer 1

a watch commander, designee, or higher authority

Question 2

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, who shall maintain responsibility for the scene until a HDU technician arrives?

Answer 2

watch commander

Question 3

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, who shall assume command of the inner perimeter and coordinate with the other responding HDU technicians?

Answer 3

Hazardous Devices Unit technician

Question 4

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, who retains responsibility for the outer perimeter through the conclusion of the event?

Answer 4

watch commander

Question 5

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, if the scene is to be searched, the on-scene supervisor shall organize search teams, establish a temporary command post upwind, uphill, and how far away from the scene?

Answer 5

at least 1,000 feet from the scene

Question 6

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, all communications should take place at the command post. No communications shall take place over any electronic device which would emit an electrical or radio frequency impulse (i.e., radios, cellular telephones, or Mobile Computer Aided Dispatch [MCAD]) within how many feet of the area where the suspected device or area of search is located?

Answer 6

1,000 feet

Question 7

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, the minimum evacuation distance with or without a protective barricade shall be how far?

Answer 7

1,000 feet

Question 8

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, after life safety measures have been implemented, officers should note the location of debris and potential fragments from the blast and establish an inner perimeter at least how much wider than the debris located farthest from the seat of the blast?

Answer 8

50 percent wider

Question 9

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, all persons should be evacuated and the perimeter around the scene of a chemical suicide should be what size?

Answer 9

1,000 foot perimeter

Question 10

According to the Hazardous Devices order 365, if fireworks have evidentiary value but must be destroyed due to the hazardous state they are in, they shall be destroyed at an appropriate disposal site, upon the approval of who?

Answer 10

the Assistant State Attorney