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Bomb Disposal

Answer

The following table shows the number of times that the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel (EOD) have been called out in respect of both hoax and real devices in each month over the last two years.

	IED¹/Incendiary²/Find³ call outs	Hoax4/False5 call outs	Total call outs
2007
July	16	10	26
August	11	1	12
September	26	5	31
October	23	6	29
November	15	2	17
December	17	5	22
2008
January	6	15	21
February	2	16	18
March	7	16	23
April	20	4	24
May	12	17	29
June	16	7	23
July	17	6	23
August	12	14	26
September	19	11	30
October	21	14	35
November	30	25	55
December	19	7	26
2009
January	19	4	23
February	18	9	27
March	28	51	79
April	22	29	51
May	24	11	35
June	22	17	39
¹ IED—The report of EOD action which results in the total neutralisation, disruption or dismantling of an Improvised Explosive Device. ² Incendiary—The report of the functioning of an IED which is primarily designed to cause damage by burning. ³ Find—The report of explosives or bomb-making components, weapons, ammunition or tools found by the police or security forces and confirmed by the EOD operator after full investigation. 4 Hoax—The report of an incident where, after full investigation, an object is discovered to be a simulated IED. 5 False—A report made in good faith of an object believed to be an IED which, upon full investigation, proves to be innocuous.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

496 c774W; 287646

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Bomb disposal Northern Ireland

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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