Exercises & Events
The 2nd Battalion Kolkata of India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have conducted a district-level mock chemical emergency exercise at Grasim Industries Ltd, Kharagpur, West Bengal, to enhance preparedness and coordination for industrial chemical incidents. An announcement on X noted active participation from the district administration, fire
Exercises & Events
Conscripts in the Swedish Defence Forces have been trained on identifying chemical weapons and decontamination this month. Proengin's S4PF sampler and AP4C were also spotted being used in the training. In a Facebook post on 13 February, the CBRN school at the Swedish Defence Forces' national military
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The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) and 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command 1st Global Field Medical Laboratory (1GFML), signed a memorandum of agreement on research and training on 6 February at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The agreement was signed by the
CBRN
A gas tanker overturned on a road in Romania's Sibiu County on Monday evening 23 February, leading authorities to evacuate several people from the area as a precaution and deploy a CBRN truck to conduct on-site measurements for gas leaks. According to the Romanian publication Ora de
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Wrocław Medical University and the General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces in Poland are launching a new postgraduate programme in crisis management. According to Wrocław Medical University, the "Rescue Operations in Crisis Situations and Armed Conflicts" programme is designed to be a unique combination of medical
Exercises & Events
The 8th Battalion Ghaziabad of India's National Disaster Response Force conducted a CBRN mock exercise at Indo Gulf Industries Limited in Babina, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, it was announced on 24 February. "In coordination with local administration and key stakeholders," the announcement on X said, "the
CBRN
A kosher restaurant in central Paris was vandalised with corrosive acid on Thursday night, 19 February, forcing its temporary closure. According to The Jerusalem Post, employees of Kokoriko arriving at work on Friday morning discovered that acid had been sprayed overnight on the tables, walls and floor. "The crockery,
Explosives
Nine people have been killed, including three children, in a landmine explosion in Kordofan, Sudan, on Sunday 22 February. According to Arab News, a medical source speaking to AFP said that the group had been riding in a tuk-tuk along a road in the frontline region when they hit
Explosives
At least three police officers serving in Kenya's General Service Unit have been injured in an IED blast while searching for water aboard a water bowser. According to the Kenyan outlet The Star, police said the incident happened at around 06:33 on Monday 23 February in Fafi,
Exercises & Events
US Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Signal Brigade conducted CBRN training at Mercury Field, Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on 20 February. A gallery of images released by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service showed the soldiers wearing protective suits and masks while performing physical training and CBRN drills to
Exercises & Events
The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response Forces have completed an intensive four-week CBRN course, it was announced on X on 21 February. The announcement by the account belonging to the 2nd Battalion Kolkata of the Indian National Disaster Response Force said that personnel mastered "detection, protection and [decontamination]
Exercises & Events
The European Defence Agency (EDA) will host a webinar on its recently released CBRN Knowledge Base platform - developed jointly by the EDA and the Joint CBRN Defence Centre of Excellence in Vyškov, Czech Republic - on 11 March 2026 at 14:00 CET. According to the EDA, the "new knowledge