The Exercise Director of FORMATEX23, Mag. Gottfried Kerschbaummayr, updates Anna Paternnosto on the progress and goals of this Union Civil Protection Mechanism funded project.
What...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Insp. David Lowe, CBRN Training and Development Manager, UK Police National CBRN Centre, UK
The dignified recovery of people killed in terrorist attacks is...
On 27th and 28th June 2022 the FORMATEX23 Consortium Members gathered at the Upper Austrian Fire Association Headquarters in Linz, Austria, for the project’s...
FORMATEX23 Conference on Risk Management for Natural Hazards Triggering Technological Disasters (Natech)
Photo: Alex Glostrum for the Louisiana Bucket Brigade
When: 14th and 15th of September...
By Lt. Alvaro Javier Toñanez, Exercise Planner/Training Officer, Hazardous Materials Bureau, Miami Dade Fire Rescue, USA
High Profile Events (HPE) that bring together large numbers...
By Lt. Col. (ret.) Bernd Allert, Former Section Chief/Doctrines and Terminology Section at JCBRN Defence Centre of Excellence
“We will continue our work to defend...