3 October to 9 October 2021 U.S. BOMB SQUAD and EOD REPORT ...

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U.S. BOMB SQUAD and EOD REPORT:IED AND ORDNANCE

3 October to 9 October 2021

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT F. 24 November 2021. Further dissemination only as directed by Deputy Manager for DoD EOD Technology and/or the Director U.S. Bomb Data Center or higher DoD authority.



This report includes data acquired from the U.S. Bomb Data Center (USBDC) Bomb and Arson Tracking System (BATS) database and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Information Management System (EODIMS). This report may not include all incidents. The data includes those reports pulled on a specific date from both BATS and EODIMS. This summary report presents basic data at the time it was produced. As data management systems are updated, the possibility exists that the resulting information may differ from previously or future reported data.

A total of 628 incidents (Fire, IED, Ordnance, etc.) were reported in BATS.

Between 3 October and 9 October 2021, BATS and EODIMS indicate approximately:

9 – ACTUAL: Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), Improvised Incendiary Devices, chemical over pressure devices, and modified or improvised ordnance.

3 – EXPLOSIONS: Intentional explosions, chemical over pressure device functioning, and incendiarydevice functioning.

3 – HOAX: IED-related incidents that involved a device fabricated to look like an IED andthat is intended to simulate one in order to elicit a response.

17 – ORDNANCE: These incidents involve ordnance (not on military installations), public safety Bomb Squad, and military EOD.

This report may contain the following information:

AWARENESS: Unique suspicious package incidents, additional ordnance/explosive information, etc. RECOVERY: Explosive, homemade explosive, improvised explosive, and precursors.

PURPOSE: Disseminate current CONUS IED and ordnance incident information.



Weekly Reported IED Incidents















3 OCTOBER: PORTLAND, OR – HOAX

BATS ID # 1403036: (U//FOUO-LES/REL) ". . . [We] responded . . . regarding an explosive device. The patrol officer took pictures of the device, which had 7 red tubes taped together with some wires and a small box. The device resembled a device that is commercially made and sold as a prop or a clock. . . . I was able to confirm the device was an identical match to the device sold on the internet. I was also able to confirm the center tube was empty."

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3 OCTOBER: BUENA PARK, CA – ACTUAL

BATS ID # 1403071: (U//FOUO-LES/REL) "During the search, they located a device they . . . described as a pipe wrapped in black electrical tape with a fuse protruding from one end. The device was located in a large wooden box that also contained various low explosive powders."




5 OCTOBER: WICHITA, KS – EXPLOSION

BATS ID # 1403862 : (U//FOUO-LES/REL) ". . . [He] indicated he was holding a butane lighter when it exploded. . . . [He] allowed officers inside where the explosion occurred and they discovered a clandestine lab and illegal grow operation. . . . . In plain view . . . [were] blood, flesh particles, metal and plastic fragmentation, Hydrogen Peroxide, Acetone, jars and bottles of white powder, drug paraphernalia, weapons, CCTV cameras, Mushroom grow medium, venting equipment, rock tumbler, glassware, electronic components, and storage tubs. . . . Under [a] pillow in [the] living room [was a] . . . glass bowl with coffee filter on top and [containing a] large amount of dry white powder . . . Approx. 90 grams. . . . Gemini shows powder . . . [tested positive for] TATP."

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8 OCTOBER: OLD TOWN, ID –AWARENESS

BATS ID # 1403878: (U//FOUO-LES/REL) ". . .[He] advised that he found an odd device wired to a stand that was pointed at the slash pile. . . . [He] advised . . . that it had some aluminum foil in the open end of the tube and what looked like rice in it, that was falling out the end. He said that he put some black electrical tape over the end to keep the rice in it. . . . The device was about 12" long and 2" in diameter, thin-walled black plastic tubing and attached to a makeshift plastic tripod with copper wire. The device was capped at the bottom end with what looked like a plastic drink cap . . . [This was attached] to the black plastic tubing with what appeared to be metal roofing screws. There was a small diameter hold drilled towards the base on the left side of the tube, and the tube appeared to have been exposed to extreme heat in the middle and was partially melted."





Weekly Reported Ordnance Incidents












EODIMS # F000FFD3W10042021144215881Z: (U//FOUO/REL) "Team received notification from Lincoln County OEM of UXO found on private land . . . Team Leader performed recon/X-ray diagnostics. . . . Team determined item to be 1ea. M6 HEAT Rocket, with safety pin in place. However, due to age of the item and potential corrosion of internal components, team opted to remote move ordnance to ensure it was safe to move to a disposal area."

3 OCTOBER: STAR CITY, AR



BATS ID # 1403587: (U//FOUO-LES/REL) "The San Luis Obispo County Bomb Task Force was dispatched to a subject who wanted to turn over some ammunition that her father had brought back from WWII. . . . These rounds were collected and later turned over to Vandenburg Air Force EOD."

EODIMS # F000FFDFS10052021203155836Z: (U//FOUO/REL) ". . . SLO County Bomb Squad is requesting assistance for UXO. . . . [13] items were verified as UXO by TL." Ordnance were identified as the following: (7) MK 1, 20-mm cartridge; (1) M75, 20-mm cartridge; (1) .50 calball cartridge; and (4) ammo.

5 OCTOBER: SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA



EODIMS # F000FFDD91008202117262990Z: (U//FOUO/REL) "Team was tasked to respond to Tucson Police Department (TPD) to evaluate and pickup 1 inert UXO found during a TPD response. . . . Contact, from Tucson Police Department, sent an X-ray image via cell phone to confirm item was empty. Contact also sent image of item showing that the item . . . [was] stenciled "DUMMY". Ordnance was identified as M51A2 20-mm Dummy cartridge.

6 OCTOBER: TUCSON, AZ



EODIMS # F000FFTRS10112021131308896Z: (U//FOUO/REL) ". . . EOD requested for UXO evaluation by New Hampshire State Police. . . . EOD arrived on scene linked with NH SP and began reconnaissance of items in question. Between 0915 and 1320, EOD identified the items . . ." NOTE: Images are on the next pages.

6 OCTOBER: ALLENSTOWN, NH



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EODIMS # F000FF1W910132021142326442Z: (U//FOUO/REL) "EOD Team Leader receives a call from Salt Lake City Police Department about a piece of military ordnance being found in a residential neighborhood. . . . EOD Team Leader is directed to item and conducts recon. . . . Item is positively identified . . . [as M7A1, 2.36-inch practice rocket].

8 OCTOBER: SALT LAKE CITY, UT



BATS ID # 1404027: (U//FOUO-LES/REL) ". . . members of the Delaware State Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team . . . responded to Sea Watch Facility . . . [in] reference to a recovered military ordnance round. . . . The local fire department was contacted and requested they respond to set up a decontamination site to decon members of Dover Air Force EOD. . . . The picture, which was sent to EOD of the military ordnance round, resembles that of a 75-mm chemical round."

EODIMS # F000FFCQD10132021124637864Z: (U//FOUO/REL) "Team received initial notification . . . of a UXO . . . Team 1 notified 20th CBRNE (CARA) of possible MK II . . . Detectors showed no contamination and there were no leaks present. . . . Team 1 completed packaging, and moved to X-ray. . . . X-ray complete; liquid line verified. . . . Team 1 instructed to stand-by on scene for CARA." NOTE: CARA - Army chemical support.

8 OCTOBER: MILFORD, DE

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BATS ID # 1404146: (U//FOUO-LES/REL) “. . . [She] reported having two metal spherically shaped objects that she was told were inert practice military bombs. They were purchased at an estate sale and she was no longer comfortable having them. We were provided with photos that showed what appeared to be two military bomblet submunitions that were painted white, with flecks of blue paint still visible. . . . We consulted with the Air National Guard’s 142nd EOD team, who provided us with an X-ray image of a similar inert submunition they had in inventory and guidance on this type of object. . . . Combined with our images, the images sent to us by the 142nd EOD team consultation, it was determined that these were practice military submunitions . . . We collected the practice munitions and temporarily stored them in a day box in our magazine until the military could retrieve them at a later date."

8 OCTOBER: SALEM, OR




ACRONYMS

AEODPS – Automated EOD Publication SystemAP – Armor PiercingAPC – Armor Piercing CappedBATS – Bomb Arson Tracking SystemBLEVE – Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor ExplosionCOA – Course of ActionCUI – Controlled Unclassified InformationEOD – Explosive Ordnance DisposalEODIMS – Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Information Management SystemGBS – Ground Burst SimulatorHAL – Hook and LineHDT – Hazardous Device TechnicianHE – High ExplosiveHEI – High Explosive IncendiaryHME – Homemade ExplosiveIED – Improvised Explosive DeviceIID – Improvised Incendiary DeviceILLUM – IlluminationISO – In support ofJEOD – Joint Explosive Ordnance DisposalLE – Law Enforcement

LDA – Local Disposal AreaLE – Law EnforcementLDA – Local Disposal AreaMAGTFTC - Marine Air Ground Task Force

Training CommandMFK – Mobile Field KitNSWC IHD - Naval Surface Warfare Center

Indian Head Division PIO – Public Information OfficerPVC - Polyvinyl ChloridePUCA – Pick-up and Carry AwayRFI – Request For InformationRP – Reporting PartyRTB – Return To BaseSDA – Safe Disposal AreaSHA – Safe Holding AreaTSC – Technical Support CenterTL – Team LeaderTM – Team MemberUBE – Unknown Bulk ExplosiveUXO – Unexploded OrdnanceWP – White Phosphorus



Contact Information

(U//FOUO/REL) NSWC IHD has been designated as the EOD Incident Data Repository for the DoD EOD community. The Data Warehouse is continually populated with EOD mission reports from multiple databases and historical files. Current sources include the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Information Management System (EODIMS). Request for EOD information (RFI) may be submitted to the Technical Support Center at: [email protected]

(U//FOUO-LES/REL) The Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) serves as the national repository for explosives and arson-related incidents as established by the Federal explosives laws. In 2004, the Attorney General mandated that "all of the Department's arson and explosives incident databases [be consolidated] into a single database, which is now known as the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS)”. This was reinforced in 2010 by the Deputy Attorney General's Office. Each participating agency administers their BATS account.

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