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Lt. Gen. Edgar Fallorina, Deputy Chief
of Staff AFP, received the 501 pieces of CBRN Response Equipment donated
by DTRA to AFP. The equipment arrived in the Philippines last
September 6.
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AFP gets new equipment for Army CBRN Platoon
CAMP GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City – New
equipment for the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
Platoon Army Support Command (ASCOM) of the Philippine Army were
formally handed over to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) today
(September 17) by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in a
ceremony at 9 a.m. at the General Headquarters Canopy, Camp General
Emilio Aguinaldo.
Obtaining the new equipment is part of
the AFP’s efforts of realizing provisions of the AFP CBRN Capability
Development Roadmap 2028 which is in line with the AFP Transformation
Roadmap.
The CBRN Response Equipment from DTRA
includes individual personal protective equipment (like several pieces
of protective suits, gloves and boots), self-contained breathing
apparatus, decontamination items (like flexible waste water tank and
various types of water hoses), consumable support items, reusable
support items (like toolbox and bolt cutter), technical/training
reference materials, power supply facilities, team communications items
and other materials.
The donated CBRN Response Equipment will
be used by the CBRN Platoon, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion (EOD
Bn), ASCOM, PA for their on-going training at Fort Andres Bonifacio,
Metro Manila and future deployment that will require CBRN capabilities.
Around 35 members of the CBRN Platoon,
EOD Bn, ASCOM, PA are undergoing refresher trainings at the Basic First
Responder Course with CBRN Module in Fort Bonifacio. The training
started September 16 and will end on September 19.
The CBRN Platoon is undergoing the
refresher training to ensure that they have retained their knowledge of
previous trainings they received in Aberdeen, Maryland with the United
States Armed Forces last August.
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