Autumn 2009

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LEADER

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND

Gwyn Winfield talks to the people involved in creating New York City’s CBRN defence capability.
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MYTHS AND MISSES

In the last of four articles, Lieutenant Colonel Rick Barker dispels some common misconceptions about CBRN defence
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AIMING HIGH

Brigadier General Les Smith, Commandant of the US Army CBRN School, tells Gwyn Winfield about the developments to make sure that Fort Leonard Wood is ready for change.
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CBRNe CONVERGENCE

Details of the conference programme and exhibitors at Europe’s most important CBRNE conference and exhibition of 2009.
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FINDING CHEM-BIO

Dave Lavers, CBRN Director at the Counter IED Task Force within the Australian Department of Defence, tells Gwyn Winfield about how they are improving their CBRN capability across the Australian Defence Force.
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TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

CBRNe World visits the Lieutenant Terry facility in Fort Leonard Wood to see the variety of training on offer.
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QUICK’S THE WORD

Steve Doel, Deputy Head of the UK Police National CBRN Centre, tells Gwyn Winfield how their current procurement is preparing them for future sporting events.
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PACIFIC BIO

Bruno Bellier, Director of the French Detectbio Programme, DGA, and Lieutenant Colonel Marc Caudrillier, CBRN programme officer from the French Joint Staff Office, tell Gwyn Winfield about the Fidgi and Samoa components of their biological detection programmes- Detectbio.
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THE EARTH EXHALES

Adam Baddeley examines the latest developments in buried explosive detection technology, and asks whether the GPR has replaced traditional metal detection as the detector of choice.
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COMFORT BLANKET

Brian O’Shea looks at the current generation of bomb blankets coming out of the cupboard.
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BORDER INSECURITIES

Pat Nelson looks at radiological monitoring and finds a problem money can’t solve.
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A KNACK FOR SURVIVAL

Dr Jose-Luis Sagripanti, Senior Scientific Advisor at Edgewood Chemical/Biological Center examines the current measures of biological decontamination and calls for a more technical approach for assessing decontamination solutions for anthrax.
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HOW CLEAN IS CLEAN ENOUGH?

Jan Medema, Consultant at BSEEDSEE looks at problems with cleanliness.
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STANDARDISING THE CLEAN SWEEP

Konstantin Volchek of Environment Canada, Merv Fingas of Spill Science and Syed Sattar from the University of Ottawa explore the setting of standards for chemical and biological decontamination.
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WE SERVE MEXICAN FOOD

Dr David Humair and Shawn Nelson assess the threat from pandemic influenza and call for globally co-ordinated response.
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CZECH WARNING

Major Pavel Otrisal and Dr Jozef Kucik, from the Czech Republic NBC Defence Institute of the University of Defence, discuss the problems faced during combat deployment of the Czech Armed Forces chemical corps units.
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DAVID AND THE CBRN GOLIATH

Chaim Rafalowski, EU Projects and DM co-ordinator Magen David Adom, told Gwyn Winfield about the role that the voluntary EMS agency has in CBRNE.
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FAMILY FIRST

Steve O’Brian, CBRN and Pandemic Flu Officer within the American Red Cross, tells Gwyn Winfield about ensuring body and soul are kept together.
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MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS

Dr Meir Oren, Director-General of the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center and Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Extraordinary Biological Events within the Israeli Ministry of Health, talks about some of the challenges facing hospitals.
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CAPABILITY PROFILES

The latest CBRNE technology is focussed
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BOOK REVIEW

Essentials of Terror Medicine.
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CRYSTAL BALL

The Crystal Ball is an article written for each edition of CBRNe World. The magazine is focussing on the growth of the defence against non-conventional weapons, from NBC, to CBRN to CBRNe. The aim of Crystal Ball is to raise issues that will effect CBRN defence in 20 years time.
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PRAIRIE DOG

Governor Gabriel Cinomis, a Prairie Dog gives his opinion on CBRN matters from his unique perspective.
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