Åke SellströmProject Manager

VisionVision

…to become the Europe-leadingcenter for research, training and

education on major incidents involving Chemical, Biological,

Radioactive, Nuclear and Explosive

substances….

Education Education International Crisis and Conflict Management (with MSB)

CBRN university courses

First responder education: Police educationPolice management trainingAmbulance nursing and pre-hospital care

Research Research Europe leading research in: Microbiology and virology (VLL and

UmU)Environmental Chemistry (FOI and

UmU)B Diagnostics (NUS and UmU)CBE Detection (FOI and UmU)CBRNE Forensics (FOI)

MASH – Mass casualties following radio-active or chemical incidents

NSS – Co-ordination and strengthening of first responder education

Training Training

Unique infrastructure◦Security labs ◦Training field with permissions to use simulants

◦License to use dangerous materials

UN IAU inspector training course

Partners: • Luleå University of Technology• Norrlands University Hospital• CBRN Defence and Security Research• University of Umeå

WP 2 Strengthening of education

How to become more effective? How to increase quality?

• More academic.• Better in profession.

Knowledge by quantity and quality.Independence.Critical thinking:

- Towards knowledge.- Towards processes acquiring knowledge.

Useful knowledge.Practice and theory. - Analytical attitude – towards problem - “Constant upgrading” - Practice based on sound scientific principles.

Working Packages:

• WP 1 Coordination

• WP 2 Strengthening of education

• WP 3 Exercises as teaching methodology

• WP 4 Crisis management

• WP 5 Smart communication

• WP 6 Technologies

• WP 7 The crisis - a difficult working environment

Åke Sellström, coordinator of Mash, ake.sellstrom@cbrnecenter.eu

Partners:

The European CBRNE Centre, University of Umeå, Sweden;

Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology InstRadBio Bw, Germany;

Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas de Guipúzcoa, CEIT, Spain;

Health Protection Agency, HPA, United Kingdom;

Karolinska Institutet, KI, Sweden;

SAMU de Paris, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, SAMU, France ;

Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, Sweden.

Scenarios (WP 4), FOI

Present practise following mass exposure to radioactivity (WP 5), InstRadBio Bw,

Present practise following mass exposure to toxic chemicals (WP 6), SAMU

Reviewing opportunities in biotechnology (WP 7), KI

Reviewing opportunities in ICT (WP 8), CEIT

Fore-sight of future European preparedness (WP 9),HPA

Coordination (WP 1 – 3),The European CBRNE Center

Mash was approved in May 2008.

€ 800 000 was given to cover 60 % of costs.

Start April 2008 – end September 2010.

MASs-casualties and Health-care following the release of

toxic chemicals or radioactive materials.

Triage

Hospital Care

Long-Term Effects

Decontamination

First –Aid

Protection of Health Care Personnel

Diagnostics

C-Scenarios

Dispersion of persistent agent in urban area, (1).

Release of toxic industrial chemical in semi-closed area, (2).

Release of toxic industrial chemical in open space, (3).

Dispersion of unknown toxic liquid in enclosed area, (4).

R-Scenarios

Radiological dispersion outdoors, (5).

Improvised radiation device in public area, (6).

Dispersion of unknown toxic liquid in enclosed area, (4).

Improvised radiation device in public area, (6).

Interoperability within EU• What are the present preparedness?• What is an acceptable base-line?

A military problem increasingly becoming a civilian problem?• Competence and tradition as yet military.• Modern civilian health care has no redundancy.

Introduction of modern developments (ICT, biotechnology).

MASH

Some key elements of todays preparedness

Biotechnology

Review: Present trends in field and laboratory diagnostics. Methodology available in other fields. Research in final stages.

Suggest: Methods and/or procedurs to be introduced.

Information and Communication Technologies

Review: Commercial trends for ICT applications Military development Research in final stages

Suggest: Technologies and/or procedurs to be introduced.

The future…The future…

More international partners

Masters in CBRNE forensics

Commercial training