Recommendations on how to adapt SOPs and tools

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angličtina

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Recommendations on how to adapt SOPs and tools

Original language description

Deliverable 2.4 is part of the second Work Package of project PROACTIVE that focuses on the engagement of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and other Practitioners. This deliverable presents an analysis of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & explosive (CBRNe) incidents which are important for a successful coordinated response to CBRNe threats. The analysis covers relevant topics related to taking evidence (e.g. hazard detection and location, threat assessment, sampling plan, identification of CBRN agents, decontamination, scene management, victim care and victim management). A special focus of analysis of SOPs was on crisis communication since communication is a key element in CBRNe threats and incidents, including both communication towards and among first responders, communication with the public, including vulnerable citizens, and with the media. The biggest challenge for the analysis was obtaining direct access to SOPs (especially those employed by Police Authorities) as they were mostly reported as classified or for internal use only, even from some of the project partners’ countries. This issue was addressed in two ways. The model of coordinated response to CBRNe threats was built on: 1) the resources provided to the project by LEA partners for review and amendment, and 2) the analysis of CBRNe SOPs collected though a survey which was held through an online platform together with a Practitioner Stakeholder Advisory Board (PSAB) workshop using a polling methodology. The information from publicly available sources like guidelines and instruction tools were considered to complete the response process picture. The report presents different aspects of the response process and describes commonalities and differences found in available sources, the information reported in the online survey about CBRNe SOPs and information collected through the PSAB workshop poll. Special emphasis was put on identification of preparedness to handle affected vulnerable citizens during CBRNe incidents. The conclusion chapter includes a set of key practical recommendations. These will be further used in the PROACTIVE joint exercises and some of them have the potential of being further implemented in CBRNe SOPs. Many of these key recommendations touch upon the involvement of vulnerable groups in the process of preparedness, including communication strategies with citizens with different types of impairments.

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V_souhrn - Summary research report

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OECD FORD branch

10400 - Chemical sciences

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Number of pages

92

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