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Beating the Bomber

Although most bomb threats are hoaxes aimed at causing disruption to the normal day-to-day routine of an organization, they must be taken seriously. The most common form of threat is by telephone, warning that a bomb has been placed in a building. Faculty and Departments Enquires Office, together with Heads of Schools have been target areas to receive such calls.

Phone threats require prompt action. If you want to learn how to record, report and identify threats in a learning environment where you can practice using the phone threat checklist, please attend this course.

Try our phone threat checklist quiz to help you decide if you need to attend this course as a refresher or for the first time.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this training session, the learner will be able to:

Explain who and why people make phone threats
Record a phone threat using the "phone threat checklist"
Report a phone threat as per the University procedures
Identify and react to a suspicious package

Pre-Requisites

None.

Audience

This course is available to all University Staff. Staff who answer calls on behalf of Faculties, Departments, Heads of Schools or enquiry desks would be ideal people to attend. If you want to learn how to fill in, and practice filling in the phone threat list, this course is for you.

Duration

1 hour (allow for 15 minutes overtime)

What to Bring

Pen or pencil to take notes.

Venue

Parkville Campus:
Campus Operations Group
Building 203, 215 Grattan Street, Parkville

Other Campuses:
Please contact the Emergency Management Coordinator to discuss a venue.

Assessment

At the conclusion of the training course there will be a simple one page multiple choice answer quiz to assess how well you have understood the information presented. The results remain confidential.