Bomb disposal is an explosives engineering profession using the process by which hazardous explosive devices are disabled or otherwise rendered safe. Bomb disposal is an all-encompassing term to describe the separate, but interrelated functions in the military fields of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and improvised explosive device disposal (IEDD), and the public safety roles of public safety bomb disposal (PSBD) and the bomb squad.
Pittsburgh Police using a bomb disposal robot to examine a potential bomb during the 2010 Pittsburgh Marathon
A British NCO preparing to dispose of an unexploded bomb during the First World War
A bomb disposal team in 1940
"The long walk": A British Army ATO approaches a suspect device in Northern Ireland.
Colonel Sir Vivian Dering Majendie, was a British engineer who was one of the first bomb disposal experts. He served as Chief Inspector of Explosives to Queen Victoria from 1871 until his death in 1898.
Majendie as caricatured by 'Spy' in 1892
Colonel Majendie c.1895