A ROUTINE CALL BECOMES A CLOSE CALL
A nagging concern for modern firefighters is the ever-increasing frequency with which they are confronted by explosive devices and other dangerous weapons during incidents that appear to be "routine." Today`s informed firefighter knows that legitimate concern for the presence of bombs at otherwise benign emergency scenes is no longer limited to places like Beirut, London, and the Middle East. Bombings and bomb threats now constitute a major threat to everyday life in many parts of the United St