"The typical bomb has four major components: a power source, a switch, an initiator and an explosive.
"The more than 100 special Easter eggs wired up by the Rhode Island Bomb Squad on Thursday have a similar mixture of components.
"But these eggs don't blow up.
"They
beep. That means a child with a visual impairment can find them and
experience the thrill of an Easter egg hunt by hearing rather than
seeing the egg.
"Last year, following the lead of their
counterparts in Texas, Rhode Island's squad wired up 25 of the eggs. The
squad offered the eggs to families to use in their own Easter egg
hunts."
A recent Providence Journal article reported on this outreach by the Technical Services Unit of the Office of State Fire Marshal (also known as the Rhode Island State Bomb Squad).
To access the complete Providence Journal report, please visit:
Providence Journal: R.I. Bomb Squad wires up Easter eggs for the visually impaired (11 APR 19)
Background information:
Rhode Island Department of Business Regulations: Office of State Fire Marshal: Technical Services Unit
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