Bomb Threat

 BombSquad1Emergency Response Guidelines

Upon receipt of a bomb threat, only the Kapālama Campus Emergency Response Team or their designees will decide whether to:

  • Dismiss the threat
  • Institute search procedures
  • Evacuate and search

Telephone Call Bomb Threats

  • When a threat is received the campus operator should:
  1. Keep the caller on the line as long as possible. Ask the caller to repeat the message.  Try to record every word spoken.
  2. If the caller does not indicate the location of the bomb or the time of detonation, ask.
  3. Listen closely to the voice (male, female), voice quality (calm, excited), accents, and speech impediments.
  4. The person receiving the call should obtain as much information as possible from the caller (bomb location, detonation time, group taking responsibility, reason, etc.)  Record this information on the Bomb Threat form.
  • Security will notify the police department, as directed.
  • The Security Department should immediately call the applicable law enforcement officials (9-911).
  • DO NOT UTILIZE ANY TWO WAY RADIOS OR CELL PHONES.

lf the building is evacuated, Security Department, campus personnel, campus administrators, and law enforcement officials will then conduct a search.