Highly specialized personnel from the Air Force took part in the most important NATO exercise aimed at managing events affected by the presence of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) agents
The “exercise” ended on July 29th“Precise Response 2024”The exercise took place at the Canadian Army base in Suffield (Alberta), to which the Air Force contributed its specialists.
The personnel of the Azzurra Force, in synergy with their counterparts from the Italian Army, trained for approximately four weeks at the “excellence center”Suffield Research Centre”to test CBRN intervention procedures and equipment in highly realistic training environments and in synergy with other Alliance countries.
The exercise NATO Precise Response It is an event of extremely high operational and training realism, organized by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), an agency of the Canadian Department of National Defence that carries out research, experimentation and technological development activities, identifying procedures and protocols to respond effectively to events characterized by the presence of agents CBRN.
In particular, at the Suffield base the Italian contingent had the opportunity to test the capabilities of the detection, reporting, management and decontamination, as well as the sampling of actual agents. The delicate operations of intervention require extreme professionalism and promptness, in order to enable a quick identification of the type of agent employed, the prompt localization of the affected area, and the extent and type of damage caused, in order to determine, without delay, the optimal methods of resolution.
The preparation acquired through the exercise helps make the Air Force a point of reference in the national organization for the management of CBRN events, being able to intervene effectively also in support of the various institutional components such as, for example, the Ministry of Health, Prefectures, Civil Protection, Firefighters and 118, in the event of territorial and national emergencies.
