CBRN Resilience Programme
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Background
The Home Office leads the Government's CBRN Resilience Programme, a cross-government initiative that aims to ensure that fewer lives will be risked or lost in the event of a terrorist or accidental CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) incident.
Roles
The resilience programme does this by making sure that:
- The response to a CBRN incident would be quick and effective - resulting in lives being saved and any impact on property or the environment minimised
- The emergency services have the best and most appropriate equipment and training to respond to a CBRN incident
The CBRN Programme plans to deal with chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incidents through procedures covering the following measures:
- Identifying the source of the threat
- Giving advice to victims caught in the area and to others worried about contamination
- Arranging urgent medical attention for casualties
- Decontaminating victims and the area itself
Outputs
Planning is underpinned by a CBRN science and technology progamme. Research focuses on developing the capabilities to ensure a resilient response to a CBRN incident, and provide evidence to help make policy and planning decisions.
The CBRN Resilience Programme includes the Police National CBRN Centre, a training centre providing CBRN response training to emergency service personnel, government staff and other public service staff, through several expert organisations.
