GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - New, advanced technology made its way into Mesa County today as the Grand Junction Bomb Squad brought in a new explosives trailer.

Grand Junction has had an older bomb trailer in their back pocket for a while now because the bomb squad stays pretty busy here on the Western Slope. They get about 50 calls a year—this year, they have received 65 calls in regards to a potential bomb scare.

The innovative feature on the new trailer is that it’s spherical which means it makes it difficult for anything toxic to escape in any given explosion.

After months of training, the Grand Junction Bomb Squad is giving folks a little taste of how they're keeping people safe with a demonstration.

"A couple pounds of commercial explosive inside the trailer to demonstrate how it will react,” says Matt Carson of the GJ Bomb Squad.

The bomb squad says it's a far cry from the previous trailer.

"Our old trailer-- if we transport it or something detonated inside of it, it would go up and out. This trailer will contain the whole explosion,” says Carson.

Carson says that’s because the old trailer was more of a cylinder that allowed hazardous waste to escape.

So whether it's a test or a serious bomb threat, the bomb squad says this new trailer can handle anything.

Spokesperson for the Police Department Kate Porras says our bomb squad is a regional department.

"So people might say, why does Grand Junction need a bomb squad? Well the reason is because we respond through most of Western Colorado and to parts of Eastern Utah,” says Porras.

So one might understand, the explosives trailer wasn't cheap.

"Majority of the money was received through Homeland Security and we received another substantial amount through grants. The total cost of the trailer was $290,000,” says Carson.

The huge landscape that the Grand Junction Bomb Squad covers comes from an agreement with the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies. In turn, they help provide most of the funding for the equipment.

The bomb squad is a joint team of four firefighters and three policemen and cover 13 counties.