Training and Exercises

By David Makan Masai Expert and instructor David Makan Masai details recent CBRN trainings, exercises, and initiatives in Kenya, and outlines some challenges facing the country in developing its CBRN capabilities. In the past few years, Kenya has...
By NCT Consultants The 11th edition of Europe's biggest CBRNe conference and exhibition - NCT Europe - has for the first time seen its integration with the NCT PRO Challenge training concept at a week-long event at...

Orange Cloud 2024: International CBRN Training in the Netherlands

By Ruud ter Linden Sergeant First Class at the Dutch Defence CBRN Centre, Ruud ter Linden, presents a landmark international CBRN exercise that took place...

CHEMEX Africa 2023

By Patrick Norén CBNW Magazine Editor Patrick Norén investigates the first ever large-scale chemical emergency response exercise for African countries organized by the OPCW. From September...

CHEMEX Africa 2023: Interview with H.E. Ambassador Salima Abdelhak, P.R. of Algeria to OPCW

By CBNW Magazine Taking place from September 23 to October 5, 2023, in the Algerian capital of Algiers, CHEMEX Africa was the first ever large-scale...

PROACTIVE: For an Inclusive CBRNe Preparedness and Response

By Grigore Havarneanu PROACTIVE coordinator Grigore Havarneanu discusses the main results and outputs of the four-year-long project to make CBRNe preparedness and response more inclusive. PROACTIVE...

NCT PRO Challenge APAC Takes Place in Hua Hin, Thailand

The Asia-Pacific region (APAC) contains some of the world's most industrialized and rapidly industrializing countries, and is home to approximately 60% of the global...

Fourth Bison Counter International C-IED Exercise Ends

By Mohamed Saho The Bison Counter 23 International Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) exercise ended on Friday, November 24. Having been conducted in the Spanish cities...

For a Metaverse of CBRN Training 

By Yves Kovalevsky Yves Kovalevsky discusses the growing importance and potential of virtual CBRN training solutions and introduces ERTC and NBC-Sys' ViRTTER program.  Today, the word...

NCT PRO Challenge Europe Unites Twelve Teams for a Week of CBRNe Training

By NCT Consultants With the war in Ukraine ongoing and CBRNe risks stemming from Russian aggression omnipresent, national CBRNe response teams equipped cutting-edge technologies and...

FORMATEX23: Responding to Natech Events in the EU and Beyond 

By Patrick Norén CBNW Magazine Editor Patrick Norén reports on FORMATEX23, the first ever EU-funded full-scale exercise in Austria on responding to major accidents triggered...

Project PROACTIVE: An Inclusive Human-Centered Approach in CBRNe Preparedness and Response 

By Grigore Havarneanu PROACTIVE stands for “PReparedness against CBRNE threats through cOmmon Approaches between security praCTItioners and the VulnerablE civil society”. It was a Research...

China’s Participation in Russian Military Exercises  

By David Oliver David Oliver discusses what China’s participation in Russian military exercises means for the war in Ukraine and for global security. On March 20,...

Where can CBRN instructors be trained?

By Cpt. Eng. Michal Setnicka, Ph.D, Researcher, Radiological (Chemical) Analyst & Trainer, Czech Fire Rescue Service, Czech Republic Everyone probably knows and identifies with the...

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