Switzerland: a culture of preparedness
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D. Storch
Abstract
The National NBC Protection and Coordination Office supports the activities of all members of the National NBC protection network. These include the development and implementation of operational principles, as well as training and pro-tection concepts on behalf of the head of the Steering Committee on Radioactivity (LAR) and the Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP), the chair of the Federal Commission for NBC Protection (ComNBC) and the chair of the Cantonal NBC Coordination Platform (KPABC). Besides exercises at the political-strategic level (civilian and military), operational training exercises are held on a regular basis.
Kurzfassung
Die Geschäftsstelle Nationaler ABC-Schutz koordiniert die Aktivitäten aller Partner im Verbund des nationalen ABC-Schutzes. Dazu gehören die Erarbeitung und Umsetzung von Einsatzgrundlagen, Schutzkonzeptionen und Ausbildungsgrundlagen im Auftrag des Chefs des Leitenden Ausschusses bei erhöhter Radioaktivität (LAR) und des Bundesamtes für Bevölkerungsschutz (BABS), des Präsidenten der Eidg. Kommission für ABC-Schutz (KomABC) und des Präsidenten der Koordinationsplattform ABC der Kantone (KPABC). Neben Übungen auf der politisch-strategischen Ebene (zivil-militärisch) finden auch auf der operativen Ebene regelmäßig Übungen statt.
References
1 National NBC Protection, final report, 30 January 2006, Federal Commission for NBC Protection, www.komabc.chSearch in Google Scholar
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Articles in the same Issue
- Contents/Inhalt
- Contents
- Summaries/Kurzfassungen
- Summaries
- Editorial
- Can (should) exercises represent real life?
- Technical Contributions/Fachbeiträge
- Principles of off-site nuclear emergency exercises
- Switzerland: a culture of preparedness
- Advanced simulation and management software for nuclear emergency training and response
- Training of the KBR nuclear emergency staff
- Preparation of emergency care centre exercises
- Independent assessor's report on the experience with preparation, managing, observing and evaluation of emergency exercises without prior notice in nuclear power plants
- Electronic situation report in a nuclear power plant
- Systematic preparation, execution and evaluation of emergency exercises at the Beznau nuclear power plant
- Emergency exercises conducted by the BMU
- Nuclear emergency Exercise “BIBLIS 2008” – Joint radiological assessment for Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Baden-Württemberg
- Externally organized exercises for nuclear emergency response – knowlegde gained from twenty years of practical work as a technical expert adviser for radiation protection
- Measurements required for evaluating a situation including radiological hazards
- Exercises of first responder organisations in Austria
- Efficiency of emergency exercises
- Planning, implementation and evaluation of an emergency exercise at the Paul Scherrer Institute
