The specific mission of this service consists in organizing, managing and conducting operations aimed at searching for, detecting, neutralizing and making safe explosive devices. This overall mission comprises the following basic tasks: acting in the reestablishment of security after a bomb threat; gathering, studying, assessing and spreading relevant information concerning new detection and defusing equipments, techniques and procedures. In 1973, the position of "Expert in explosives" was created. An increase in the number of explosive devices used and the potential use of radioactive, biological or chemical devices has demanded from Guardia Civil considerable updating efforts, in order to guarantee a service with the quality
required by society. A suitable technical answer to this demand materialised through the establishment of a CBRN Unit within the EOD Service.
