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FORT CARSON, Colorado – A Soldier from the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 71st Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) developed a rapid deployment command and control system that reduces the time required to deploy to hotspots around the world. Cpl. Kobie R. Read More …
The bomb squad was called to a Bolton suburb after police discovered a ‘viable device’ following a ‘small explosion’. Greater Manchester Police were called to reports of the explosion on Longcauseway, in Farnworth, just after 10pm on Sunday 1 May. Read More …
K9s Dixie, Kevin, Tango and Zambra have a new colleague at the Cambridge Police Department. Meet K9 Tony! Look for K9 Tony out in the community with Officer Bikofsky, his partner and handler. The two have secured multiple certifications together, Read More …
“Destroy and do not stop”, – Metropolitan EOD technician Igor Wojciechowski on the seizure of enemy ammunition. Law enforcement officers continue painstaking work eliminating explosive objects using controlled explosions to neutralize them. After all, no undetonated projectile should harm civilians. Read More …
Multiple law enforcement agencies are on the scene after an improvised explosive device (IED) was found in a car after a police chase Thursday morning. Bixby police got into a pursuit that started near 126th and Memorial and ended near Read More …
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal noncommissioned officers have defeated dangerous explosive devices and molded EOD teams since the Army EOD profession began more than 80 years ago at the Bomb Disposal School on Aberdeen Proving Read More …
The time for humanitarian demining of the area around the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) will be measured in months, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky has said. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs, the examination of the territory around the Read More …
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) met with the Japan Honourable Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Uesugi Kentaro and the Japanese delegation upon their visit to Hells Point yesterday. Speaking at the Read More …
Over 20 hours after a bomb was recovered outside the Model Jail in Sector 51, a team of the National Security Guard (NSG) safely defused it on Sunday afternoon. A bag containing the explosive device, box, detonator and some burnt Read More …
A man has described how his dog dug up a grenade on a Norfolk beach and “tossed it around like a tennis ball”. Steve Rose was out walking his springer spaniel Luna on the dunes at Winterton on Sunday (April Read More …
Servicemen of the engineering troops of the Russian Armed Forces conduct mine clearance in populated areas in Kharkov region. Engineering reconnaissance is carried out on site, the situation is assessed, and then the demining team proceeds to clear the area Read More …
On April 23, Ukrainian pyrotechnic workers have neutralized 1,471 explosive objects, including three aviation bombs. The State Emergency Service said this a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. “Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service were called out 123 times over the Read More …
A Manx bomb disposal specialist has been using his experience to help train troops fighting in Ukraine. Chris Garrett, from Peel on the Isle of Man, is volunteering and working with the Ukrainian National Guard. He previously helped in the Read More …
A huge blast echoed across Rochdale town centre this morning as the bomb squad carried out a controlled explosion on a ‘suspicious device’. A heavy emergency services response was sparked after the item was discovered at around 3am. A large Read More …
A Navy junior officer died Sunday while training with Marines at a base in Hawaii, the Navy announced Wednesday. Lt. j.g. Aaron Fowler, 29, “became unresponsive during the training” aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, according to the Navy. Fowler was Read More …
A double bomb attack in Pattani province in southern Thailand on Friday killed a fisherman and injured 3 explosive ordnance disposal officers, leaving 2 of them severely injured and in desperate need of blood donations. By the way, Songklanagarind Hospital Read More …
The Explosive Ordonance Disposal (EOD) experts and K-9 teams regularly carry out joint training as part of the maintenance of their know-how. Several times a week, the K-9 teams and the EODs train in the search for and detection of Read More …
The Joint Operations Command alongside the Counter-Terrorism Service and Special Forces with support of the Air Force and Army Aviation seized and destroyed numerous IEDs, shells, mortars, 52 kg of ammonia nitrate and various bomb-making materials in Kirkuk Governorate and Read More …
ZUTENDAAL, Belgium – Members of U.S. Army Garrison Benelux’s emergency response team gathered with Belgian emergency responders to conduct an installation protection exercise at Zutendaal Army Depot March 30. The partnership aimed to gauge response time and coordination efforts between Read More …
The Philippine Army (PA)’s capability to detect and clear mines or improvised explosive device (IED) got a much-needed boost after it received two vehicle-mounted mine detectors (VMMD) early this month. In a statement Wednesday, Army spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said Read More …