28-09-2010

NLD Joint CBRN School

Major René Donkers

Military Capabilities for CBRN CM

The Dutch experience

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Structure

• ICMC (Intensifying Civil Military Cooperation)

• Joint CBRN School

• Active information sharing

• Project Multi response CBRNe

• The Dutch experience

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History

2006: NLD Parliament ICMC (Intensifying Civil Military Cooperation)

MoD:• structural partner in Homeland Security• garanteed capabilities• ops under civil authority

(not only CBRN)

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CBRN ICMC (Intensifying Civil Military Cooperation)

• CBRN response capability• CBRN decon capability• CBRN Training Facility• Active information sharing

Result: 2nd CBRN Coy

ICMS

CBRN

ICMS

CBRN

ICMS

CBRN

ICMS

CBRN

ICMS

CBRN

ICMS

CBRN

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CBRN Response capability

• Within 2 hrs on the scene

• Advisory & Assessment Team (2 persons)• Detection & Identification Team (4 persons)

Under Joint CBRN School• one central capability• co use as instructors / trainers

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CBRN decon capability

Within 6 hrs on the scene

• Decontamination of:• Persons• Vehicles• Infrastructure

In the 2 CBRN Coys

Also used for CRO

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CBRN Training Facility

•Multidisciplinary use

•Under the Joint CBRN School

•Start small and grow if needed

•Also a mobile training capability

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Joint CBRN School (JCBRNS)Last 3 years: CBRN (Awareness) coursesfor all civil first responders and agencies

4 civil liaisons working in JCBRNS:• Police• Fire Department• Ambulance services• NFI & RIVM (forensic & environment institutes)

Developing multidisciplinary education, training and exercises.

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Active information sharing

Military Joint CBRN Centre of Expertisewith

Ministries, public agencies and institutes

Multidisciplinary Advisory Group (chair: MinBZK)– aim: information sharing & cooperation

Taskforce CBRNe Respons (chair: MinBZK)

Steering Group CBRNe (chair: NCTb) Advice to Ministers

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Project “Multi response CBRNe”Chair: commissioner of police

Goals & Activities:• Developing the multidisciplinary approach to CBRN response• Providing a forum for the armed forces and civil authorities• Realizing CenTrEx CBRNe

Participants:Emergency services and several ministries.

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• Centre of Expertise

• Network (inter)national

• Analysis/Strategy

• Centre of Expertise

• Network (inter)national

• Analysis/Strategy

• Explore• Multi-tasking• Research

• Explore• Multi-tasking• Research

• Train the trainer• Lessons learned• Simulation

• Train the trainer• Lessons learned• Simulation

• Proaction• Preparation• Prevention• Response

• Proaction• Preparation• Prevention• Response

operational training

expertiseinnovation

Intelligence

CenTrEx CBRNe”

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Timetable2010:• Inventory of responsibilities & capabilities (capacity)• Evaluation of protocols PVO, SOE & DECON

Now: investigation (in detail) on 3 processes:• Information, detection & identification• Decon procedures (mass decon? self-referals?)• Start developing roadmap CenTrEx CBRNe

2011:• Protocol for multidisciplinary response under CBRNe

circumstances• Operational try-out of CenTrEx CBRNe• Start multidisciplinary education & training programs

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The Dutch experience

•need political commitment•start small and cautious (sensitivities)•different language / definitions•different procedures•adapt military to civil procedures / material•military supplementary to civil capabilities

•military ≠ first respondersNOW, but in future (if the expertise is needed) will be!

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Questions?

Defensie

BZK

VROM

VWS