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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...

The Story and Functioning of Nerve Agents

By Mr. Bert Arissen, Chemistry Teacher in Secondary Education and Nuclear Radiation Expert, Hogeschool Utrecht, Netherlands Organophosphorus-based chemical warfare agents (OP CWAs) are among the...

Novichok Terrorism: Prospect or Fever Dream

By Mr. Markus Binder, Senior Researcher, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), USA. There has been an explosion of...

Looking back at NCT PRO Challenge Europe 2022

By NCT Team NCT PRO Challenge Europe 2022 took place in Zagreb, Croatia on 3-7 October 2022. Teams from Special Intervention Units (SIUs) from the...

Country Overview: Croatia

By Ms. Elena Formicone, Analyst, IB Consultancy, Netherlands Security Overview The Republic of Croatia is a parliamentary democracy, based on the principles of welfare state, freedom,...

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