What to Check Off if You Get a Bomb Threat

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Sure, you've seen TV shows or movies where someone receives caller from someone saying they have a bomb. But the nitty gritty of dealing with such a call can be boiled down to some handy forms. Reader animalvegetable took these photographs of forms (after the jump) from the New York Public Library that advise someone to (try to) classify the caller's voice, listen for background noises, and get the details.

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It's suspected the form was created before cell phones (hence both "local" and "long distance") and later revised to include cell phones.

Images from animalvegetable on Flickr (1, 2)

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Wow, Do they really get answers to these?

I have the same looking things in my emergency packet. Aparently mid-rise San Francisco office buildings are at threat as well.

Oh noes, i can has boom?

My friend who works in HR sent me a checklist for a monkey bite. He works at a hospital in Queens. Hilarious.

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Background sounds: Crockery ???

laugh all you want but you probably haven't been in a bomb thread. Nor have I.

I will laugh at the shortened writing space for things like "why?" on the check list.

Be sure to give the operator your name and address when making a bomb threat!

This is a similar list that we got two years ago about what to do when getting a bomb threat at work.

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