Medics train for chemical and biological attack
The simulation is part of an exercise, the first of its kind run by Defence Forces engineers for 14 Red Cross doctors and nurses from Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Canada, the UK, Croatia, Israel and France.
The link-up with the ICRC started in the time of former minister for defence Alan Shatter and was brought to fruition in the Defence Forces by Col Jim Burke. “It’s all about surviving to function in a toxic environment,” he says. “Ireland and the ICRC share a lot of the same values about humanitarian assistance. We’re very comfortable with it.”
The second part of the exercise deals with decontamination. In a storage yard beside the prison, the engineers have rigged up a full-scale operation; huge tanks of water, delivery pipes and crime-scene tape are everywhere.
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