{"id":1902,"date":"2011-01-19T16:49:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T21:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2011-01-19T16:49:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T21:49:24","slug":"usps-updates-procedures-for-handling-suspicious-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2011\/01\/19\/usps-updates-procedures-for-handling-suspicious-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS updates procedures for handling suspicious mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/USPS-News2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1903\" title=\"USPS News\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/USPS-News2-150x150.gif\" alt=\"USPS News\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of several incidents earlier this month involving mailed parcels that contained incendiary materials, the Postal Service is emphasizing procedures employees should follow when encountering various types of suspicious mail.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines &#8211; issued Jan. 13 in a revised mandatory \u201cStand-Up Talk\u201d \u2014 draw particular attention to steps employees should take when an emergency situation or incident involves smoke, fumes, vapors or employees exhibiting medical symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>While the chances of encountering suspicious mail are very low, employees who identify any suspicious item should remember the Three Ps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Package \u2014 Don\u2019t handle the package. Isolate it.<\/li>\n<li>People \u2014 Clear the area of people. Notify your supervisor.<\/li>\n<li>Plan \u2014 Follow your emergency plan. Know who to contact if your supervisor isn\u2019t available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Employees should use <a href=\"http:\/\/blue.usps.gov\/cpim\/ftp\/posters\/pos205b.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Poster 205-B<\/a> as a guide for handling suspicious mail and the actions to take during emergencies involving smoke, fumes, vapors or employees exhibiting medical symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of several incidents earlier this month involving mailed parcels that contained incendiary materials, the Postal Service is emphasizing procedures employees should follow when encountering various types of suspicious mail. The guidelines &#8211; issued Jan. 13 in a revised mandatory \u201cStand-Up Talk\u201d \u2014 draw particular attention to steps employees should take when an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1905,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/1905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}