Bomb Disposal Units: Disarming Deadly Explosives

By Justin Petersen

When someone finds a suspicious package in a crowded area, it’s time for the experts to go to work. Curious readers can first get to know how Bomb Disposal Units prepare for dangerous situations. Then they can go on an exciting ride along to see how these brave people deal with dangerous explosive devices to keep people safe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496656667

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EMERGENCY!: Bomb Disposal Units by Justin Petersen

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Lives on the Line

Chapter 1: Training for the Job

Chapter 2: Emergency Response

Chapter 3: On the Scene

Chapter 4: Cleaning Up

Glossary

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Critical Thinking Using the Common Core

Index

Copyright

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LIVES ON THE LINE

The phone at the police department rings mid-morning. Someone has threatened to set off a bomb in a busy office building downtown. Panicked, the employees called their local police department for help. This is a job for the department’s bomb disposal unit. The team members gather their courage and spring into action.

At first the squad is unsure whether there is really a bomb in the building. The team members search the area with bomb-sniffing dogs. The dogs soon lead the team to a trash can holding a small bomb. The space is small, so the bomb technicians decide to use a robot to defuse the bomb. After working on the bomb from a