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Eurostar
- Thread starter exat808
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The problem is that a lot of tourists from UK used to collect lot of ww1 stuff when they walk through fields in the North of France !
Security staff, policemen and customs often call our EOD team to recover all ordnance. These security people are not trained in EOD/UXO identification so they call even when inert stuff or remains of ordnance are found in luggages or cars. The foreigners don't understand why they can't transport these objects while they are collected freely in the fields in France!
Therefore a warning sign could help :tinysmile_shy_t:
Regards
Security staff, policemen and customs often call our EOD team to recover all ordnance. These security people are not trained in EOD/UXO identification so they call even when inert stuff or remains of ordnance are found in luggages or cars. The foreigners don't understand why they can't transport these objects while they are collected freely in the fields in France!
Therefore a warning sign could help :tinysmile_shy_t:
Regards
And then, typically, the sign seems to show WW2 ordnance..... :neutral:
More relevant.... isn't it a tad late in the day to try and prevent mishaps with battlefield relics when people are boarding eurostar.... They'd have to have been travelling with it for some time already.
Better start proper on site education. Explaining the dangers related to ERW and the problem identifying a find as an ERW,...( In my experience a lot WW1 ordnance is especially ambiguous in it's appearance... most people wouldn't think of say a "VB" as something explosive.... :... "strange oilcan/bottle/medicin jar..that " ....). So I wouldn't at all be surprised iff many went arround carrying stuff they would have never picked up iff only they had known that something looking seemingly innocent might be rather dangerous.
regards
More relevant.... isn't it a tad late in the day to try and prevent mishaps with battlefield relics when people are boarding eurostar.... They'd have to have been travelling with it for some time already.
Better start proper on site education. Explaining the dangers related to ERW and the problem identifying a find as an ERW,...( In my experience a lot WW1 ordnance is especially ambiguous in it's appearance... most people wouldn't think of say a "VB" as something explosive.... :... "strange oilcan/bottle/medicin jar..that " ....). So I wouldn't at all be surprised iff many went arround carrying stuff they would have never picked up iff only they had known that something looking seemingly innocent might be rather dangerous.
regards
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