CityRoom has posted the U.S. Marshals' Form 531B, which shows the "nine questions that law enforcement agencies want answered in the event of a bomb threat over the phone." Sure, not all bomb threats at called in, but, in case they are, these questions may be useful. The questions include things like "Did you place the bomb?" and "Why?" and also asks the person fielding the call to notice the caller's voice and manner (stutter? slurred? disguised? accent?) and noises in the caller's environment (P.A. system? animal noises? music?—yes, just like in The Fugitive). Initially the U.S. Marshals' spokesman William Dundon suggested that animals noises could eliminate NYC as being a caller's location, but then revised himself, "There are roosters in the city. I have heard them in the morning." more ›

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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