New CISA Bomb Prevention Videos

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a trio of new videos intended to provide guidance to security officials, the general public, and many other stakeholders about the steps they should take to protect themselves and others from bomb incidents. The free videos, which are approximately six to eight minutes long, are available on YouTube. They include:

• “What to Do: Bomb Searches” – Describes basic bomb search procedures to use once a search is deemed warranted and authorities have been notified. The video demonstrates in detail the room, route, and area search techniques that can be applied to any type of facility.
• “What to Do: Surviving a Bombing Attack” – Describes what happens when a bomb detonates and demonstrates the procedures you should follow to survive a bombing attack.
• “What to Do: Suspicious or Unattended Item” – Demonstrates how you can determine whether an item is suspicious (i.e., a potential bomb) or simply unattended and will help you prepare and react appropriately.

CISA provides many counter-IED and risk mitigation training courses that include in-person mobile trainings, and web-based Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) and Independent Study Training (IST) courses that underscore some of the same lessons found in the videos. CISA offers its VILT and IST courses for free at https://cdp.dhs.gov/obp.