CBRN
A leak of di-methyl sulphate at a pharmaceutical facility in Boisar, Maharashtra, India, led to 22 workers being hospitalised on Sunday, 22 March. According to Devdiscourse, the incident in Tarapur MIDC occurred during a transfer process. Although a minor overflow from the tanker's vent line was immediately plugged,
Exercises & Events
The California Air National Guard’s 163rd Attack Wing conducted a nine-day combat readiness inspection to test and validate their ability to perform in contingency and CBRN-contested environments. The exercise took place at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside, California, through 20 March. "Exercise Grizzly Talon is a crucial
Explosives
At least eight people were killed when suspected terrorists bombed a strategic bridge in the Borgu local government area of Niger State, western Nigeria, early on Monday morning, 23 March. Police in Niger State confirmed that the explosion occurred at around 02:00, with reports reaching security operatives at about
Exercises & Events
Approximately 630 emergency responders and 65 extras from Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium took part in a large-scale emergency response exercise in Gangelt, Germany, on Saturday 21 March, near the border with the Netherlands. Called EMREX, the exercise was organised by the Heinsberg district in Germany and the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion
Industry
Firefighters from the Coesfeld district in Germany recently took part in a CBRN Basic Course training session focusing on operational scenarios involving radioactive materials, during which they used NuviaTech instruments. In a post on LinkedIn, NuviaTech said that participants used their simulation devices to practise working with radiation detection instruments,
Explosives
Police in the Indian state of Manipur recovered fifty improvised explosive devices on Friday 20 March alone, a series of announcements has revealed. Posting on their Facebook page, Manipur police announced that they recovered 12 IEDs from Yangoubung village, 29 from the general area between Loisi village and Saivom village,
Exercises & Events
India's Central Industrial Security Force led a multi-agency mock CBRN exercise on Friday 20 March. The exercise centred around a spillage of radioactive material at Vadodara Airport's Cargo Complex. Announcing the exercise on X, the Central Industrial Security Force said that the exercise "aimed to
Industry
A joint venture led by Amentum has won a new framework contract as the lead decommissioning and waste management contractor for nuclear research sites in four European countries. According to a press released issued by Amentum on 10 March, under the $112 million contract awarded by the European Commission Joint
CBRN
A group of western and Middle Eastern nations have announced a Syrian-led task force to identify and destroy the remnants of the country's chemical weapons programme inherited from the ousted regime of Bashar Al Assad. During a special ceremony at the United Nations in New York on Wednesday
Industry
The Joint CBRN Defence Centre of Excellence in Vyškov, Czech Republic, hosted an international radiological and nuclear training for emergency response on 16-20 March, during which FLIR radionuclide identification devices were spotted being used. Twenty-three participants from seven countries across all services took part in the week-long training. According to
Industry
Lunai Bioworks has announced the formation of a national consortium designed to accelerate the discovery and development of chemical countermeasures for emerging battlefield and terrorism threats. Announced in a press release on Thursday 19 March, The Pathfinder Consortium will be "a national academic–industry alliance designed to consolidate historically
Explosives
The threat of IEDs and cholera-related misinformation continue to persist amidst ongoing violence and volatility in northern Mozambique. According to a report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Thursday 19 March, three IED incidents were reported in February in the settlements of Macomia