Bomb Scare

When I was a senior in high school, someone planted a pipe bomb on campus--and while the school was evacuated quickly, and the student who made it soon discovered, the incident rocked our community; no one had never heard of such a thing! But this happened in the days before bomb scares were common, before the shootings at Columbine, before the horrible events of September 11th. Today, there are more than 10,000 sites on the Internet that teach people how to make a bomb. While teenagers are among the largest group of perpetrators of bomb hoaxes, genuine threats are common enough in our increasingly violent world that schools need an action plan in order to be prepared for "the worst case scenario." Bomb Scare looks at the types of threats made (written, verbal, and no-warning), demonstrates the proper way to search a room, offers pointers on how to identify a suspicious package, and outlines the steps to follow if a bomb is indeed discovered. What I found particularly chilling is that since teachers know the students and the school environment better than anyone they are considered the first line of defense (I firmly believe that teachers do not get paid enough for what is expected of them--and this only confirms it). Recommended. A companion volume, Explosives, is also available at the same price. Aud: J, H, C, P. (J. Asala)