Exercises & Events
Approximately 30 firefighters from the Romanian Inspectorate for Emergency Situations in the central city of Sibiu conducted a fire rescue exercise involving CBRN elements on Thursday 19 February. According to the local media outlet Sibiu 100, the exercise simulated several difficult scenarios surrounding a fire on the fifth floor of
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South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) has launched an investigation after low-level radioactive waste was reported missing from a hospital in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. The NSSC announced on 20 February that it had dispatched experts from the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety to begin an investigation
Exercises & Events
Elements of the 20th US Army CBRNE Command conducted a field training exercise at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, between 10-12 February. In similar posts on both Facebook and LinkedIn, it was announced that the Nuclear Infrastructure Exploitation Team 3 and CBRNE Response Team 1-11 engaged in a "realistic and
CBRN
The State Security Service of Georgia (SSG) has arrested two foreign nationals in the central city of Kutaisi for attempting to purchase uranium and caesium-137 for $3 million USD. The agency has claimed that the pair intended to transport the materials to another country, reports the Tbilisi-based outlet OC Media.
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Law enforcement authorities across Ukraine, Poland and Moldova have arrested 103 people, and dismantled 36 drug labs and 74 storage facilities, in a joint operation against an international criminal network involved in the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs. Supported by Europol between 12-17 February, the operation's "
Explosives
Civilian casualties from landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are increasing in Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine State. According to an article published by Burma News International Online on 17 February, at least five explosion from landmines and UXO were reported across the Minbya, Maungdaw and Ann between January and 16
Exercises & Events
The American CBRN training company, Radiation Emergency Safety Tactics (REST), has announced the Utah State Fire Marshal Office as their latest client. In a post on LinkedIn, REST announced that they will be providing an eight-hour version of their radiological and nuclear emergency operations course to firefighters across the state
Exercises & Events
Soldiers from various US military units trained at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, between 10-12 February as part of Task Force 2 under the Defense CBRNE Response Force. According to an article written by army private James Hernandez, the training ensured the soldiers remain prepared to deploy on no-notice orders in
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A second worker has died from injuries suffered in a reported gas incident at Woodland Pulp paper mill in Baileyville, Maine, United States, on 27 January. The worker’s identity has not been released though the mill confirmed he was an employee of the facility, WABI-TV reports. The incident had
Explosives
At least two people, including a child, have been killed and 17 others injured in an explosion near Miryan police station in Bannu district in northwestern Pakistan on Monday 16 February. This was reported by the Pakistani outlet, Dawn. According to a statement by the police, the bomb was a
Explosives
Poland has announced that they will be withdrawing on 20 February from the Ottawa Convention on banning the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines, Polish Radio reported on 16 February. Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, deputy head of the parliamentary National Defence Committee, is reported to have said that Ukraine’s
Explosives
At least 11 people in Nigeria have died after an IED that they were transporting to carry out an attack, detonated. The incident occurred near Babbar Doka village in the northwestern Zamfara state, "amid a resurgence of banditry and the increasing use of explosives against security forces in the