TB 75 - Bomb Incident Procedures

Question 1

According to FBI bomb data center, approximately what percentage of all terrorist incidents involve the use of explosives and incendiary agents?

Answer 1

70%

Question 2

Bomb making information is readily available via what?

Answer 2

The internet

Question 3

A bomb threat is a message delivered by any means such as what from a person warning or claiming the presence of 1 or more bombs?

Answer 3

Telephonic, written, or verbal

Question 4

The initial investigation of a bomb threat is conducted by who?

Answer 4

LAPD patrol personnel in conjunction with criminal conspiracy section detectives

Question 5

Experience has demonstrated that who are best suited to search a location following a bomb threat since they are most familiar with the surroundings as opposed to premature evacuation?

Answer 5

Employees

Question 6

Who responds to bomb threats only after patrol personnel have assessed and identified a confirmed device or suspicious object?

Answer 6

LAPD bomb squad

Question 7

Who does not respond to bomb threats unless specifically requested or confirmed device is identified that will require to render a safe operation by LAPD bomb squad?

Answer 7

LAFD

Question 8

Evidence of an improvised explosive device such as wires, visible fuse, timing device are factors that should lead first responders to treat a package or device as what?

Answer 8

Suspicious

Question 9

Should LAFD resources attempt to assess or remove any suspicious package or device?

Answer 9

Never

Question 10

A perimeter of how many feet should be established around any suspicious device and no one including LAFD personnel should be allowed inside perimeter?

Answer 10

300 feet

Question 11

Who shall be requested when devices found to be incendiary and not explosive?

Answer 11

LAFD arson unit

Question 12

Who can best determine a device to be incendiary and of explosive as some explosive liquids can be confused with flammable liquids?

Answer 12

Trained bomb technicians

Question 13

For bomb threat evacuations, unless compelling reason to do so, who should not override building managements decision to evacuate?

Answer 13

LAFD personnel

Question 14

In instances where great specificity is provided regarding a bomb threat such as date, time, location and little time is afforded to investigate its credibility it may be prudent to order a what if a building or area?

Answer 14

Evacuation

Question 15

Who have concurrent jurisdiction in emergencies involving evacuations?

Answer 15

LAFD and LAPD

Question 16

Although fire department resources may respond initially to bomb threats, once determined no damage or injuries, who handles the incident as a post blast investigation?

Answer 16

Bomb squad and detectives

Question 17

A what refers to a strategic, criminal or terrorist attack directed at a specific target involving the detonation of an explosive substance?

Answer 17

Bombing

Question 18

What is the sudden and rapid escape of gases from a confined space, accompanied by high heat, loud noise, and a violent shockwave, and are not categorized as bombings if they are accidental by nature?

Answer 18

Explosions

Question 19

What is any incident resulting from detonation of an explosive substance and may be criminal or accidental by nature?

Answer 19

Post blast incident

Question 20

When categorizing explosions for size ups, what explosion has debris not beyond property, superficial property damage, no structural compromise, and no damage to adjacent buildings?

Answer 20

Minor explosion

Question 21

When categorizing explosions for size ups, what explosion has significant debris but not beyond property, collapse improbable, minor damage to adjacent buildings?

Answer 21

Moderate explosion

Question 22

When categorizing explosions for size ups, what explosion has significant debris beyond property, significant damage to adjacent buildings, major structural compromise or collapse?

Answer 22

Major explosion

Question 23

One of the most important initial actions upon arriving on the scene of an explosion is to determine the what of the explosion?

Answer 23

The cause

Question 24

For major explosions, a recon group may need to be established, what type of team could be assigned to coordinate this function?

Answer 24

Battalion command team

Question 25

For an explosion affecting to large of an area to allow for an expeditious ground recon, a what team should be requested to respond via helicopter to perform an aerial recon?

Answer 25

Battalion command team

Question 26

Once command post is established, the helicopter performing the aerial recon may be in position to provide what of the explosion site?

Answer 26

Video down-linking

Question 27

A priority assignment when responding to an explosion is what type of group due to sudden changes or unexpected hazards to first responders?

Answer 27

Rapid intervention group

Question 28

If there are victims at the bomb site, a search and rescue group may be necessary to deploy, during the recon being conducted the rescue group leader can designate what for casualties?

Answer 28

Casualty collection point

Question 29

For encountering suspects, first responders should assume that they may encounter a suspect among the injured and may still post a threat or some other what?

Answer 29

“Booby trap” (secondary device)

Question 30

If a suspect appears threatening or if a boing trap is suspected, advise rescue personnel to evacuate area and communicate what over the radio?

Answer 30

“Emergency traffic”

Question 31

The best location for what needs to be coordinated between the IC, medical group supervisor, and rescue group supervisor?

Answer 31

Casualty collection point

Question 32

If the explosion is determined to be accidental, the rescue group, may be redesignated to what group?

Answer 32

Medical group

Question 33

The member assigned what will likely be in the best position to determine where to establish the CCP?

Answer 33

Medical group leader

Question 34

A casualty collection point could be useful to designate an area how many blocks away on a transecting street and can be accessed by ambulances?

Answer 34

2-4 blocks away

Question 35

For explosions that impact a large area, a CCP could be expanded how many blocks away?

Answer 35

Several blocks

Question 36

If a fire is encountered, fire suppression operations should be conducted in what posture (mode) with initial efforts aimed at protecting exposures?

Answer 36

Defensive

Question 37

Consider the entire explosion site as the involved area and attempt to attack the fire how?

Answer 37

From uninvolved to involved

Question 38

For the exclusion zone, a general rule for a bomb scene perimeter is to identify the distance of the furthest blast debris from the center of the explosion and create a perimeter that what of this distance?

Answer 38

Doubles

Question 39

A what should be established as a priority in the after math of any bombing or large explosion that meets the needs of LAFD, law enforcement and other key agencies or departments?

Answer 39

Unified command

Question 40

It is not advisable that the explosion site be within what of the command post, because it is too close and not sufficiently protected?

Answer 40

Line-of-sight

Question 41

If a first arriving BC has committed to an area to close, they should pass command to the next arriving Chief officer and become what?

Answer 41

Deputy operations or assume command of a group or division

Question 42

If it appears that the incident will last multiple operational periods, it may be advisable to transition to a fixed location for the command post at the beginning of the second operational period commencing at what hours?

Answer 42

2000 or 0800 hours

Question 43

Where should the command post be set up from the explosion?

Answer 43

At least 1,000 feet away

Question 44

The LAFD has how many qualified and certified incident management teams (IMT) which rotate on an on-call status each week?

Answer 44

3

Question 45

What can attract and accumulate key bomb evidence and should be examined before departing the perimeter?

Answer 45

Tires and shoes

Question 46

What 3 types of explosions are there?

Answer 46

Chemical Mechanical Nuclear

Question 47

Of the 3 types of explosions, which is the most common type of explosion (bombing)?

Answer 47

Chemical

Question 48

What explosion is also very common but are most frequently associated with accidents or equipment failures?

Answer 48

Mechanical explosions

Question 49

Which explosion can produce the most devastating results?

Answer 49

Nuclear explosion

Question 50

Atmospheric nuclear explosions are associated with what type of clouds?

Answer 50

Mushroom clouds

Question 51

Explosives are classified as what according to their rates of decomposition?

Answer 51

Low or high explosives

Question 52

What explosives deflagrate or are low order and are mixtures?

Answer 52

Low explosives

Question 53

What explosives are high order and detonate and are compound?

Answer 53

High explosives

Question 54

When an explosion occurs, very hot gases between what degrees are formed approximately in 1/10,000 of a second?

Answer 54

3000 to 7000 degrees?

Question 55

Gases from an explosion exert pressures in the range of 700 tons per square inch with velocities of up to how many mph or feet per second?

Answer 55

13,000 mph | 29,900 feet per second

Question 56

The phase of an explosion lasts how long but produced devastating effects?

Answer 56

Fraction of a second

Question 57

For secondary devices, a perimeter of how many feet should be established?

Answer 57

1000 feet

Question 58

For secondary devices, no communication devices should be used within how many feet of a suspicious package?

Answer 58

200 feet

Question 59

An evacuation of the area shall be ordered if a device is present, ensure that all evacuees are at least how many feet away behind barriers, and not exposed to secondary hazards?

Answer 59

300 feet

Question 60

Explosion sites should be treated as if it were what on fire, all victims should be directed out or extracted as quickly as can safely be accomplished?

Answer 60

“Car on fire”