Ensure that nobody enters the cordoned area. Maintain the cordon until the PMO, security police, security forces, or local police have completed their examination or stated that the cordon may stand down. Searching for a Suspected IED H-19. Searches are conducted in response to a telephonic threat or a report of an unidentified object on or near premises occupied by DOD personnel. An occupant search is used when the threat's credibility is low.
Occupants search their own areas.
The search is completed quickly because occupants know their area and are most likely to notice anything unusual. A team search is used when the threat's credibility is high. The search is very thorough and places the minimum number of personnel at risk. Evacuate the area completely, and ensure that it remains evacuated until the search is complete. Search teams will make a slow, thorough, systematic search of the area. H-20.