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In response to new threats such as 11 September 2001 and the BBK Department III, Research and
flood catastrophe of 2002, the Federal Office of Civil Protection Technology; Public Health Protection
and Disaster Assistance (BBK) was established on 1 May, 2004. Section III.2,
With this Office, the Federal Republic of Germany has a central Technical CBRN protection
organisation element for civil safety. Email: BBK-Abteilung-III@bbk.bund.de
The interdisciplinary approach of this office includes all services of Section III.6,
civil safety prevention and links them up to an efficient protection Economic issues of civil protection;
system for the population and its basic survival needs. equipment and procurement
Therefore the BBK is not only a technical authority of the Federal Email: BBK-Abteilung-III@bbk.bund.de
Ministry of the Interior (BMI) but also gives competent advice and
support to the other Federal and Land authorities to help them
with the completion of their tasks.
Hence there is now one central authority
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• To ensure threat-adequate civil protection training of executives
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• To provide disaster medicine
• To procure equipment for civil protection.

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CBRN Reconnaissance Vehicle

Performance Potentials of Civil Protection

CBRN Reconnaissance – CBRN Missions The Chemical Measurement System
Vehicle, Crew and Equipment CBRN risks are chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear ha- The chemical part of the system consists mainly of two measure-
The CBRN reconnaissance vehicle is, e.g., used to zards. CBRN disasters require immediate and proper intervention. ment systems: photo ionisation detector and ion mobility spectro-
• Measure, trace and report radioactive and chemical contamination Rapid survey of large areas with the help of onboard systems and meter.
simultaneous reception of GPS data allows immediate formulation These systems are capable of detecting a broad range of toxic
• To find radioactive debris
of contamination profiles for population protective measures. chemicals and of identifying chemical warfare agents. An advanta-
• To mark and monitor contaminated areas.
ge against traditional testing methods is that the system provides
The CBRN reconnaissance vehicle is based on a FIAT Ducato- continuous results reflecting the current situation. The measure-
Maxi L2B, 2.8 i.d. TD 4x4 and a permissible total weight of 3.5 t. The Radiological Measurement System ment data are represented and stored as graphs and tables.
The crew consists of a team of 4 people; two qualified teams per
The radiological measurement system allows detection of radioac-
vehicle can operate in turns. Within the framework of additional
tive sources. It consists of a gamma sensor system which allows
equipment, the Federal Government has provided the Laender
the detection of artificial radiation even against a highly varying na-
with 366 CBRN reconnaissance vehicles.
tural background. The system allows measurement of large areas
Personal protection of the first responders consists of protective and search for point sources, detection, storage, visualisation, out-
masks, filters, pressure breathing apparatus and chemical protec- put and transmission of radiological measurement data, including
tion suits. Tools for marking chemically, biologically and/or radio- location data. If the variable dose/dose rate thresholds are excee-
actively contaminated areas complement the equipment. ded, the system immediately alerts the operations team. All mea-
The equipment of the vehicle allows both the collection of samples surement data are represented either as a time or route dependent
of substances and of local weather data. graph/diagram or as a coloured route on the map.
In addition, the CBRN reconnaissance vehicle meets the prerequi-
sites for the realization of remote data transmission. Therefore, any
time, data can be transferred from the vehicle to the operations
centre. Map repre-
sentation:
Area conta-
The Measurement Container mination
The vehicle has an integrated measure-
ment container which contains, e. g., the
Ion mobility spectrometer measurement
following components:
• Electronic power unit
• Processor (hardware and software)
• Radiological measurement unit
• Chemical measurement unit
• Satellite localisation system.
The measurement container meets the requirements for
• High flexibility (operation independent of the vehicle and
operation aboard other vehicles)
• Simple control (by semi-skilled personnel)
• Broad operational spectrum (environmental missions,
investigation missions, disaster control missions).

Collection of Samples Equipment Representa-

Thanks to this equipment, liquid, solid and gaseous samples for tion of mea-
later laboratory testing can be collected in case of suspected sured values
radioactive, biological and chemical contamination. as xy graph Photo ionisation detector measurement