CBRN International First Responder Training Program ( 30 January - 2 February 2006 )
POSTED BY: Benny Valin
DATE POSTED: 2006-01-19
The Emergency Management Institute of the Philippines (EMIP) of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada in Manila will conduct the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) International First Responder Training Program on January 30 to February 2, 2006 at the NDCP Honor Hall, Academic Row, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.
The four-day activity is designed to augment the CBRN capability and capacity of first responder communities in the Philippines to competently respond to terrorist incidents involving CBRN materials. The training program is aimed at first responders such as firefighters, bomb technicians, medical personnel, forensic ID personnel, and police officers. Training will be accompanied by competency test factors and will focus on the following topics: mass casualty responses, CBRN decontamination, personal protective equipment, scene analysis, and dissemination devices.
The development of this training program is a result of the needs assessment and knowledge transfer training mission conducted by the Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) in March 2005. The training will be conducted by experts from the DRDC/Counter-Terrorism Technology Centre (CTTC) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).
Expected participants are representatives of the following agencies: Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine Coast Guard, Department of Health, Office of Civil Defense, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, UP-Philippine General Hospital, and Department of Agriculture.
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