Businesses and Bombs: Preplanning and Response

Draws on lessons learned from the use of heightened security measures in place during the 1991 Gulf War, to incorporate those which continue to make sense into a more permanent security plan designed to enable the public and private sectors to prepare for the potential threat of explosives‐related violence. Highlights the advantages of adequate preparation and outlines a number of deterrent measures. Describes how to formulate a bomb incident plan, establish a command centre, search for suspected explosive devices and how the appropriate emergency services can be called on for advice in advance of, and summoned to help in the event of, a bomb incident.