Technology

On September 11, 2001 a series of suicide attacks by al-Qaeda took upon the United States. These September 11 attacks yielded several harsh effects not only to the country, but worldwide. Establishment of bomb squads became more beneficial and significant to a lot of countries.

Presently the law enforcement bomb squads are increasingly more complex in handling IED or improvised explosive devices compared to the bomb squads 15 years ago. Bomb squads put stronger emphasis on standard operating procedures as well as render-safe procedures, safety, and robotics. The more improved bomb suit design plus construction have lessened efficiently the incidence of injuries of bomb technicians. Due to the increasing awareness in the fields of safety and technology, further guidelines in the area of explosives incident management have been made.

Bomb squads equipment can cost at about 25,000. The equipments of bomb squads include at least a full protective bomb suit, a disrupter, demolition equipment, portable X-ray unit plus supporting accessories, and different quality hand tools. There are also optional equipments found in the organization of law enforcement bomb squads. These are remote-operated robots or bomb control vehicles that are used in the transportation of hazardous materials to an isolated disposal site. Accreditations of bomb squads are valid for five years in order to verify that they have safety equipments.

In order to further look out for public safety, law enforcement bomb squads are closely connected with the
FBI in order for an enhanced response to threats posed by weapons of mass destruction and IEDs. FBIs Hazardous Device Operations Center provides much training for the accredited bomb squads in the United States. They also oversights the works and equipments of law enforcement bomb squads in order to be capable for terrorist attacks bombing incidents.