Which statement is NOT part of the 5 C's of IEDs?

Which statement is NOT part of the 5 C's of IEDs?

• A. Confirm
• B. Cordon
• C. Check
• D. Evacuate

Answer: (D)

The five Cs provide a rapid, organized way to respond to a suspected IED by securing personnel and the site while evaluating the threat. Confirm, Cordon, and Check are the core actions that focus on validating the threat, preventing access, and surveying for secondary devices. Evacuate, while an important safety outcome in such incidents, is not one of the five named Cs in this training framework. In other words, evacuation happens as a safety response that follows from the plan, but it isn’t listed as one of the five core steps.

The five Cs provide a rapid, organized way to respond to a suspected IED by securing personnel and the site while evaluating the threat. Confirm, Cordon, and Check are the core actions that focus on validating the threat, preventing access, and surveying for secondary devices. Evacuate, while an important safety outcome in such incidents, is not one of the five named Cs in this training framework. In other words, evacuation happens as a safety response that follows from the plan, but it isn’t listed as one of the five core steps.