NIROPE PRICES, NOBODY!"
(CG)
NOW -- AN EYEWITNESS NEWS
EXCLUSIVE --- INSIDE THE BOMB
SQUAD.
"Fire in the hole! <Explosion
nats
(CG)
WHETHER DEFUSING DANGEROUS
DEVICES -- OR BLASTING THEIR WAY
INTO BUILDINGS -- THE RHODE
ISLAND STATE BOMB SQUAD PROVIDES
ESSENTIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL,
STATE AND FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
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IT'S A DIVISION OF THE STATE
FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE------ ALOT
OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GET----- AN INSIDE LOOK AT THIS
ELITE TEAM.
THEY'RE THE FIRST LINE OF
DEFENSE.
SECURING AN OPENING FOR SWAT,
POLICE AND THE FBI TO ENTER A
HOME OR BUILDING---BELIEVED TO
HAVE SUSPECTED FUGITIVES INSIDE.
THIS IS THE RHODE ISLAND BOMB
SQUA--MEMBERS OF THE STATE
FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE---THEIR
MISSION---ASSISTING FIRST
RESPONDERS----PROVIDING
SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL AND
TACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO OVER ONE
HUNDRED STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC
AGENCIES-----SOMETIMES CROSSING
STATE LINES---ON APRIL 13TH,
2013---THE RHODE ISLAND BOMB
SQUAD TRAVELED TO UMASS
DARTHMOUTH--LOOKING FOR
SUSPECTED MARATHON BOMBER
DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV.
"we went to dartmouth, we
secured the dorm room. we made
sure there wsere no explosives
left in there."
WHILE THE ACCESS WAS GAINED
WITHOUT BREECHING THE
DOOR----THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE
CASE.
WE WANTED TO SEE FIRST HAND HOW
THE RHODE ISLAND BOMB SQUAD
PREPARES---SO WE WENT TO THEIR
TRAINING FACILITY IN EXETER.
DEPUTY STATE FIRE MARSHAL TECH
TOM GROFF.
"its something we practice all
the time. So when we actually
doing it, we do it exactly like
we do in practice."
EVERY MEMBER TRAINS OVER 32
HOURS PER MONTH.
TECHNICAN BRUCE QUINN SAYS WHILE
PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING OR NOT
PAYING ATTENTION INSIDE THE
BUILDING---THE BOMB SQUAD PREPS
THE DOOR FOR AN EXPLOSION.
"There's a window punch he
putson ishot gun primer which
ignites the shol tube which will
send a flame inside plastic into
a blasting cap on the other end,
which is attached to the charge
here."
<going up to the door
<explosion-touches his shoulder
to go up
to door and puts strip on it.
AFTER THE EXPLOSIVE STRIP IS
PLACED---THEY IGNITE THE
EXPOSIVES...
THE DOOR IS BREECHED-------THATS
WHEN SWAT TEAMS ENTEALLOWING
POLICE TO CONDUCT CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS INTO AN INCIDENT
INVOLVING THREATS OR DEVICES.
ANOTHER MISSION----DISTRUPTING
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES THAT COULD
BE A BOMB.
"we approach the suspected
package.
"A bomb tech will go in a bomb
suit, x-ray device, come back
and determine if its hazardous
or not. if its hazardous, we'll
render it safe, energizing with
explosives."
THE BOMB SQUAD GIVE US A FIRST
HAND LOOK AT HOW THE OPERATION
IS CARRIED OUT SAFELY----EVEN
ALLOWING ME TO SET OFF THE
DEVICE.
"fire in the hole"
"press hold button
down--explosion"
ONCE THE PACKAGE IS DISTRUPTED
OR TAKEN AWAY---INVESTIGATORS
WEARING THIS BOMB SUIT I TRIED
ON MAP OUT THE DEBRIS FIELD TO
COLLECT EVIDENCE. THE SUIT
EQUIPED WITH HELMET LIGHTS,
COMMUNICATION AND PROTECTIVE
GEAR.
"how are your knees? its alot
of weight.
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THE STATE BOMB SQUAD HAS
APPROXIMATELY----- FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS IN SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT
THAT INCLUDES ----- BOMB SUITS,
ROBOTS AND EX-RAY EQUIPMENT.
YOUR DOOR"
(MM)
NOW--AN EYEWITNESS NEWS
EXCLUSIVE--
INSIDE THE BOMB SQUAD ... AN
ELITE TEAM ----DEDICATED TO
ENSURING YOUR
SAFETY.
"2, 1, ... <door exploding nats
(CG)
LIVE AT FIVE --- WE SHOWED YOU
HOW THE RHODE ISLAND STATE BOMB
SQUAD ---- BLOWS OUT THE DOORS
OF A HOME OR BUILDING ---
ENABLING FIRST RESPONDERS TO GET
INSIDE.
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NEW AT SIX -- I ACTUALLY GOT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO USE------ SOME OF
THE SAME---- SPECIALIZED
EQUIPMENT -----THEY USE TO
DEFUSE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS...
LIKE ROBOTS--- BOMB SUITS ---AND
EX-RAY DEVICES.
ITS SOMETHING RIGHT OUT OF THE
MOVIE----BREECHING DOORS WITH
EXPLOSIVES....
DETONATING BOMB LIKE
DEVICES.....
THE RHODE ISLAND BOMB
SQUAD---ASSISTING SWAT TEAMS
FROM AROUND THE STATE--PROVIDING
SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL AND
TACTICAL ASSITANCE.
BOMB SQUAD TECHNICIAN BRUCE
QUINN TELLS ME BEFORE DOING
ANYTHING---THEY EVACUATE THE
AREA---THEN APPROACH THE
SUSPECTED PACKAGE.
"a bomb tech will go in a bomb
suit, x-ray the device, come
back and determine if its
hazardous or not. if its
hazardous, we;ll render it safe,
energizing with explosives.
after we disruypt the pkg, we
are left with a debris field and
would have to map out for
evidcence."
I WANTED TO GET A REAL FEEL OF
WHAT IT WAS LIKE WEARING THE
EIGHTY POUND SUIT--IT CAN BE
CHALLEGING.... BUT ALSO LIFE
SAVING.
ANOTHER VALUABLE TOOL IS THIS
ROBOT---THE BOMB SQUADS EYES AND
EARS...
"so when you blew up the
package, before you actually
fired it. the robot can do that
too?"
"correct, there's a firing
system located on the robot and
its remotely fired from inside
the response van."
"the robot has four cameras,
three joints, has a gripper that
rotates 360 degrees. the wheels
do come off if we need to get
down and narrow in an ally way."
THE GRIPPER CAN PICK UP THE
PACKAGE AND RELOCATE IT TO A
SAFER PLACE--TRANSPORTING IT IN
THIS GAS TIGHT AND RADIATION
SEALED OR SHIELDED MOVING
DEVICE.
"if the device had rdioactive
material in it, its safer being
in here. if it has chemcial
agents even if it detonates
inside, its all goign to be
contained inside the machine."
DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL TECH TOM
GROFF SAYS THIS IS ONE WAY TO
TAKE THE PACKAGE AWAY SAFELY AND
TAKE CARE OF IT IN A DIFFERENT
LOCATION.
"if the package blows up inside,
it doesn't move, its all
contained."
"correct, its all contained."
(MM)
FIRE MARSHAL TIM MCLAUGHLIN
TELLS ME TRAINING -------NEVER
ENDS BECAUSE---- THE TEAM HAS TO
KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGY TO