Bomb Threat

In Case of a Bomb Threat

The Bomb Threat Checklist is an orange card that you can hold up to alert your coworkers that you have received a bomb threat. It contains the same questions listed below and can be kept by or under your phone so you're immediately ready in case of an emergency. Order the forms by contacting Emergency Management at (208) 885-2254.

Remember Details of the Call

• Use the Bomb Threat Checklist
• If possible, hold up the orange card to notify another person that you have a threat on the phone
• Listen carefully to the caller's voice
• Exact time of call
• Ask questions, particularly about:
  • time of placement
  • location of device,
  • time of detonation, and
  • type of device.
• Listen for background noises.
• Note the time the caller hangs up

• Hang up the phone
• Immediately, before the next call comes in:
  • Pick up the phone and dial *57 (This will start a trace on the call. There may be a cost for this service, it is okay to accept the cost)
  • Listen, and write down what the recorded message says.
  • Hang up again, pick up the phone and dial *69 (This will give the phone number of the last call received, if available.)
  • Listen, and write down what the recorded message says

• Your name
• Location and telephone number you are calling from
• The situation
• Location of the device, if known
• Time it is set to detonate, if known
• Type of device, if known
• Exact time you received the call
• The information you received after you dialed *57 and *69
• Any other information on the Bomb Threat Checklist

• University of Idaho Emergency Updates 208-885-1010 (recorded message)
• Alerts on University of Idaho home page
• Your supervisor, department/college administrator or building coordinator