Training and Exercises

NCT PRO Challenge is here to stay

NCT PRO Challenge was created three years ago as an innovative CBRNe training concept with a focus on SWAT and SOF units and was...

Dutch Defence CBRN Centre innovates its training facilities

Mr. Eyal Kapuza and Sgt. Ruud ter Linden, working for the Dutch Defense CBRN Centre, offer a detailed view of the Dutch Army efforts to...

FORMATEX23: A full scale multi-national exercise for NATECH events

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...

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...

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...

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...

UK Contaminated Fatalities Management

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...

FORMATEX23 Initial Planning Conference

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 Natech Risk Management

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...

Joint Hazardous Assessment Team

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...

Multinational Cooperation in the CBRN Defence Domain

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...

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