Today, many fire brigades have equipped their units with thermal cameras. They provide invaluable services in terms of fire detection, victim search or electrical circuit monitoring, for example. For the 125th National Fire Brigade Congress to be held from 26 to 29 September 2018 in Bourg en Bresse, we wanted to know more about the…
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The detection First-aid workers may need to quickly identify the contents of a chemical and/or biological product spread on a surface in order to take appropriate protective and decontamination measures. This is the case, for example, of a white powder contained in an envelope. There are a number of systems on the market that are…
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Several recent scientific articles mention ricin again. Perhaps it is useful to remember its main characteristics and its place in the field of the CBRNE threat. Definitions Among CBRN weapons, it is classic to distinguish between chemical and biological weapons. Chemical agents are gaseous, liquid or solid substances that can be used for their…
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