CBRNE

Objectives

• Exchanging views across borders
• Analysing the gaps in the tools they need to operate
• Prioritising future R&D efforts

Main areas

This area has to deal with long- and short-term effects of CBRNE incidents. Specific challenges include:

• Identification of substances;
• Manufacturing, storage, transport and intentional release in terrorist attacks;
• Measures for preventing or mitigating the effects of accidents;
• Limiting short- and long-term negative effects on living organisms and the environment (air, soil, surface water and groundwater);
• Specific incident command system
• Cooperation and joint standard operation procedures for different services
• Protective and technical equipment;
• Intervention tactics and decontamination;
• Medical interventions tactics and decontamination; (first aids in the contaminated field);
• Training

Useful link:

Project ENCIRCLE aims to strengthen EU CBRN protection http://encircle-cbrn.eu/ 

Download the "Policy Brief CBRNE" produced by the TWG leaders, in coordination with other partners and associated experts