Incendiary bombs, sputtering viciously, can be handled in safety with a jawlike scoop combining a shovel, hoe and shield. It consists of two movable metal plates, opened and closed by manipulating a sliding rod to which one plate is attached. The operator crouches at the end of the long handle, where the other plate shields him from the intense heat. To pick up a bomb, the scoop is set down with the two curved plates on either side of the missile, and then it is closed like two jaws. It can be used also for scooping up sand and spreading it over the burning bomb.