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The first professional civilian bomb squad was established by Sir Vivian Dering Majendie. [1] As a Major in the Royal Artillery, Majendie investigated an explosion on 2 October 1874 in the Regent's Canal, when the barge 'Tilbury', carrying six barrels of petroleum and five tons of gunpowder, blew up, killing the crew and destroying Macclesfield Bridge and cages at nearby London Zoo.
Woodstock Police Service - Containment Team [ 45] York Regional Police - Emergency Response Unit (ERU) [ 46] Atlona Police Service, Morden Police Service & Winkler Police Service - Regional Support Tactical Team [ 47] Other units. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) - Nuclear Security Response Team.
At 9 a.m., the Boston Police Department bomb squad received a phone call from the MBTA requesting assistance in identifying the device. [15] Authorities responded with what the Boston Globe described as "[an] army of emergency vehicles" at the scene, including police cruisers, fire trucks, ambulances, and the Boston Police Department bomb squad.
The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad was called to the 100 block of McHenry Avenue near downtown late Thursday morning to investigate a bomb threat, said Lt. Felton Payne.
MARTIN COUNTY — Hazmat crews and the sheriff's bomb squad unit evacuated part of a neighborhood near Tequesta Friday afternoon to investigate a suspicious package, according to Martin County ...
History. The Anti-Terrorist Branch (originally known as the Bomb Squad) was formed in January 1971 [1] to deal with the Angry Brigade. During the 1970s it assisted in the campaign against the IRA, alongside Special Branch and the Security Service (MI5) . In 2005, the branch had 345 officers attached to it, with funding for another 500 being ...
The blast occurred shortly before 1 p.m. at the facility in a remote area of Irvine, said sheriff's Sgt. Frank Gonzalez. ... but it happened during a training with the sheriff’s bomb squad, he said.
The responding police officers did not attempt to disarm the device, instead focusing on clearing the immediate area of pedestrians and ensuring Wells could not detonate the device. [34] The bomb squad was first called at 3:04 p.m., at least thirty minutes after the first 9-1-1 call from the bank and about ten minutes after Wells was arrested ...