CBRN

Joint Task Force Civil Support: Supporting the Civil Authorities in the Event of a CBRN Incident Anywhere in the United States

NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY INDIAN HEAD, Md (Nov. 12 2020) U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tiffany Dills, assigned to Joint Task Force Ciil Support, breaks through...

Trainings, Modeling & Simulation Exercises, and International Cooperation are Critical Elements for CBRN/CWMD Futures

By BG (Ret.) William King, Former Commander, 20th CBRNE Command, U.S. Army, USA During the next five years, we will face complex challenges, including coordinating...

COVID-19: Are the Statistics Telling us Anything?

By Ophélie Guillouet-Lamy, Consultant at IB Consultancy Ever since the start of this pandemic, scientists, researchers but also polling organizations and media have tried to...

How to Prepare for Something that Rarely Happens, like a Nuclear Incident?

By Mr. Thorsten Hackl, Advisor Incident Response, Central and West Brabant Fire Department, The Netherlands This is the difficult question to answer when looking at...

The Mobile Radiological Intervention Unit (CMIR) in France

By Col. Denis Giordan, Deputy Director of the Savoie Fire Department General Points The radiological units, created in 1980, are teams of 7 firemen able to...

Infection with Novel Corona Virus and Radionuclide Contamination

Dr. Makoto Akashi Professor, Faculty and Postgraduate School of Nursing Tokyo Healthcare University Since the start of the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused...

Republic of Korea: Country Profile

By Jaehyung Choi, Analyst at IB Consultancy Security Situation Overview The North Korean nuclear weapon program has been a significant concern for the Republic of...

EU-SENSE: Innovative Network of Heterogeneous Sensor Nodes for Improved Chemical Threat Detection

By Łukasz Szklarski, Head of R&D Department, Institute of Communication and Information Techniques The Global Terrorism Database is reporting a decreasing trend in the number...

Interview with Erik Tollefsen and Frida Larsson

Head of the Weapon Contamination Unit & CBRN Adviser at the ICRC. Picture: Internal Capacity Building International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) The International Committee of...

Post Event Report NCT Virtual Europe

NCT Virtual Europe took place on September 22nd and 23rd, in partnership with the JCBRN Defence Center of Excellence. Created with the objective of...

The Threat Changed So Must We

By Dr. Richard Schoske, PhD, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Chief Detection and Diagnostics Division In 2001, the United States was griped in the fear from...

Unplanned Contamination Considerations for First Responders

By Jeremy Urukew, Hazmat Specialist with the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue system The Hazmat/CBRNE response system is quite robust in the United States. There...

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OPCW News February 2026