Åke Sellström Project Manager

Vision …to become the Europe-leading center for research, training and education on major incidents involving Chemical, Biological, Radioactive, Nuclear and Explosive substances….

Education International Crisis and Conflict Management (with MSB) CBRN university courses First responder education: Police education Police management training Ambulance nursing and pre-hospital care

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 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,

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  € was given to cover 60 % of costs.  Start April 2008 – end September 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…  More international partners  Masters in CBRNE forensics  Commercial training