Bomb Threat Checklist
Use the following checklist if you receive a phone call indicating a bomb threat. Read more information on bomb threats.
- Name of the person receiving the call
- Date of the call
- Time the call was received
- Time the call ended
- Information about the caller
- Caller's name and address, if known
- Male or female
- Approximate age range based on voice
- Voice Characteristics
- Tone: loud/soft, high/low pitch, stutter?
- Speech: fast/slow, distorted, cursing, slurred, lisp, disguised?
- Language: excellent/good/fair/ poor, raspy, nasal, foreign?
- Information about the bomb
- When will the bomb explode?
- Where is it located?
- What does it look like?
- What kind is it?
- Why was the bomb placed?
- Background noises audible during the call
- Possible background noises include: music, voices, traffic, machines, quiet, children, typing
- Other sounds?