If you receive a bomb threat by telephone:
- Keep the caller on the phone as long as possible.
- Do not interrupt the caller.
- If the telephone has caller ID, note the telephone number.
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Use the
Department of Homeland Security Bomb Threat Checklist (PDF - 256KB).
- Perform a quick search of your area to identify suspicious or unfamiliar packages or items.
- Do not touch any suspected item.
If you receive a bomb threat through another method:
- If the bomb threat is handwritten, do not touch the object it was written on.
- If message is electronic in nature, do not delete. Do not forward unless instructed by authorities.
- Perform a quick search of your area to identify suspicious or unfamiliar packages or items.
- Do not touch any suspected item.
In all the above incidents, call
911 on a college or district service location phone. If a college/district phone is not available, use any available phone and dial District Central Dispatch at
972-860-4290.
Finding a Suspected Bomb
- Do not pull a fire alarm.
- Do not touch the suspected bomb.
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Leave the immediate area and inform others in your area as you exit.
- If it is safe to do so, take your personal belongings. Position the items so they are secure but quickly accessible.
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Do not turn on or use a cell phone in the area of the suspected bomb.
- Call
911 away from the suspected bomb.