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Recap Information

The following is a review our calls for service during the past five years. Requests for assistance from the Bomb Squad have gone up tremendously in the last 5 years.

• 2004 406 call-outs
• 2003 390 call-outs
• 2002 393 call-outs
• 2001 429 call-outs
• 2000 230 call-outs

*These totals include any requests for service.

After the terrorist attacks on September 11 th, the Bomb Squad saw its calls for service increase exponentially. The squad formed a partnership with the Phoenix Fire Department, using bomb technicians and Fire Hazardous Materials experts to respond to calls of suspicious powders or suspicious packages. The suspected item was bagged and taken to the State Lab for analysis. To date none of the tested samples have proven to be anthrax or any other suspected biological threat.