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Protecting Populations: Public Health Preparedness and Response to Terrorist Events

By Mr. Frank Rando, CBRNE Protective & Biomedical Countermeasures SME, University of Arizona and Ms. Dee Ruelas, Clinical Specialist in COVID-19 testing and vaccination...

Latest CBRNe Trainings amid a highly challenging CBRNe environment

By Major Georgios Gkanalas, EOD/IEDD/CBRNe SME 116 Combat Wing, Hellenic Air Force, Greece. During the last nine months, the world has witnessed the unthinkable after...

Civilians in Hazmat incidents

By Dave Mendez, Sheriff Deputy, King County, USA As the King County Law Enforcement representative (Emergency Support Function 13), the County that the City of Seattle...

Looking back at NCT APAC 2022

By NCT Team NCT APAC 2022 celebrated its 13th edition with an outstanding event held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, hosted at the Novotel Ambassador...

Realistic training: readiness to respond to CBRNe threat

Establishing, Enhancing, and Assessing the Units’ Response Readiness to CBRNe Threats. By Mr. Boban Cekovic, General Manager Operations (CBRN SME), Hotzone Solutions, Netherlands. The overall readiness...

Keeping the Edge Sharp

The Challenges of Training a Specialty Unit By Mr. Travis Rebello, Education and Training Coordinator, Massachusetts Department of Fire Services, USA. Training starts for team members...

National Strategy and Action Plan Against CBRN Threats

By Prof. Otakar Jiří Mika, Associate Professor, Police Academy Prague, Faculty of Security Management and Department of Crisis Management, Czech Republic. A discussion on the...

Country Overview: Peru

By Ms. Elena Formicone, Analyst, IB Consultancy, Netherlands. Security Overview Despite its domestic political instability Peru managed to establish itself before the breakout of Covid-19 pandemic...

HazMat/CBRNE from a civil perspective

By SA James Peaco, Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator at FBI, USA. In today’s world civilian authorities, such as police, fire, public health, and emergency...

Generational Curse: Implications of 4th Generation Chemical Weapons

By Mr. Frank Rando, CBRNE Protective & Biomedical Countermeasures subject matter expert, University of Arizona and Ms. Dee Ruelas, Clinical Specialist in COVID-19 testing...

FORMATEX 23: Conference on Natech Risk Management

By Dr. Hannes Kern, Principal Consultant, IRIS, Austria. Natural hazards are generally not in the main focus of the CBRNE community. Nevertheless, the still growing...

Planning and Decision Framework: Large-Scale Chemical Incident Consequence Management

By Mr. Joselito Ignacio, Acting Director and Public Health Advisor Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear Office, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), USA Large-scale chemical incidents present unique...

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