OPCW

INTERNATIONAL COURSE
FOR INCIDENT COMMANDERS

2023

 

Population Protection Institute

Lázně Bohdaneč, Czech Republic

 

17 – 25 May 2023

Emergencies
Contact course commander.
Phone +420 773 789 898
 
Medical service:
Medical service is provided on a 24 hours schedule. Contact reception
(phone number +420 950 580 111) or call 112.
 
Course address:
Institut ochrany obyvatelstva (Population Protection Institute)
Na Lužci 204
533 41 Lázně Bohdaneč
Česká republika (Czech Republic)
Phone / reception: +420 950 580 111
This number is operated on a 24 hours schedule within the time frame of
Tuesday, May 16, noontime to Thursday, June 25, noontime.
 
Meals:
All meals are being served in the near restaurant facility „ZABABA“.
A selection of various menus will be provided; all meals (incl. non-alcoholic
beverages and coffee) are free of charge.
 
Computer room no. 31 (opposite the receprion)
Computers can be used every day from 7 a.m. till 10 p.m.
 
Evening programmes:
On Wednesday (17 May) OPCW reception dinner
On Friday (19 May) a bus trip to Pardubice city centre
On Wednesday (24 May) a bowling competition

Name

Country

Working

Group

Room

Guettouche Aissa Algeria 1 3
Malena Criado Argentina 1 4
Diego Lencina Pelozo Argentina 2 5
Khalid Imtiaz Bangladesh 1 6
Sosthene Ndayinginga Burundi 1 7
Alexander Morales Rodríguez Costa Rica 1 8
Ibrahim Hasanat Jordan 2 9
Fadi Alawaysheh Jordan 1 10
Frida Chibule Kenya 2 11
Azhril Hashim Malaysia 1 12
Dirk Cloete Namibia 2 13
Kenneth Barde Nigeria 1 14
Omar Justiniani Panama 1 15
Mary Cecille Sombong Philippines 2 16
Marian Costea Romania 2 17
Juan Manuel Bonilla Martínez Spain 2 18
Festo Anyelwisye Tanzania 2 19
Roman Schindler  Czech Republic 2 20

Course Programme

Programme:

Arrival of participants in Prague
Transfer to Lazne Bohdanec
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner

 

Dress code: Civil clothes

Programme:

08:00 – 08:45 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:30 Official opening, official photo / Conference room
09:30 – 10:00 Lecture: Population Protection Institute (introduction of facility) / Conference room
10:00 – 10:45 Coffee/tea break, individual photos
10:45 – 11:00 Administrative information Conference room
11:00 – 11:30 Lecture: Article X of the Chemical Weapons Convention / Conference room
11:30 – 12:00 Lecture: Chemical Weapons Disarmament / Conference room
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
13:30 – 16:00 Lecture and demonstration: Basic pre-
hospital care in case of CWA exposure (Transfer to University of Defence, Hradec
Kralove) / Hradec Králové
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee/tea break
16:30 – 17:00 Equipment handover / Garage
17:00 – 22:00 Welcome dinner hosted by the OPCW (informal)
 
Dress code:
Morning – formal clothes
Afternoon – civil clothes
Dinner – civil clothes

Programme:

07:15 – 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 – 08:45 Lecture: Chemical agents – properties, toxicity, classification / Conference room
08:45 – 09:30 Lecture: Personal Protection / Conference room
09:30 – 10:00 Demonstration: Personal protection / Conference room
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee/tea break
10:30 – 11:30 Lecture: Hot-Zone Management / Conference room
11:30 – 12:15 Lecture: Decontamination / Conference room
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Lecture: C-Detection / Conference room
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee/tea break
15:15 – 16:00 Lecture: Web-based applications, chemical risk assessment / Conference room
16:00 – 17:00 Self-study session: Web-based applications
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
 
Dress code:
Civil clothes

Programme:

07:15 – 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 – 09:00 Table-top exercise: Chemical risk assessment (2 teams, exchanging workplaces) / Classroom 110
09:00 – 10:00 Demonstration: HazMat reconnaissance vehicles (2 teams, exchanging workplaces) / Outside
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee/tea break
10:30 – 11:00 Chemical risk assessment – final debriefing / Conference room
11:00 – 11:45 Lecture: Detection equipment & Safety / Conference room
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 Lecture: Sampling / Conference room
14:30 – 16:30 On-site training: Detection, sampling, decontamination (3 teams, exchanging workplaces) / Training area
16:30 – 17:30 Dinner
18:00 – 21:30 Trip – Pardubice
 
Dress code:
Morning – civil clothes
Afternoon – working suit
Some impressions from evening excursion

Programme:

07:15 – 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 – 08:30 Lecture: Reconnaissance Conference room
08:30 – 10:00 Presentations, discussion: Intervention during chemical incidents / Conference room
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee/tea break
10:30 – 11:15 Online lecture: Dealing with chemical agents – Medical point of view / Conference room
11:30 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Practical session: Detection, sampling, decontamination (3 teams, exchanges workplaces) / Classroom 1, 2, Training area
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee/tea break
15:00 – 16:00 Practical session: Protection of personnel during a chemical emergency, communication / Training area
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
 
Dress code:
Morning – civil clothes
Afternoon – working suit

Programme:


08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast
09:00 – 17:00 Trip Kutná Hora
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner.

Programme:

07:15 – 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 – 08:45 Lecture: Integrated Rescue System of the Czech Republic / Conference room
09:00 – 12:00 Excursion in the Regional Operation Centre, demonstration / Pardubice
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:40 Workshop: Incident command
considerations, checklist (2 groups) / Classroom 1, 2
14:40 – 15:00 Summary: Incident command considerations, checklist / Conference room
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee/tea break
15:30 – 16:00 Lecture: Incident command considerations 1 / Conference room
16:00 – 16:30 Lecture: Incident command considerations 2 / Conference room
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner

Dress code:
Civil clothes
Some impressions from morning excursion

Programme:

07:15 – 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 – 09:30 Table-top exercise scenario 1 (initial phase, preparation of teams) / Conference room
09:30 – 10:00 Coffee/tea break
10:00 – 12:00 Field exercise scenario 1 (special operation response phase) / Classroom 1, 2, Training area
12:00 – 12:30 Refreshing break
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Evaluation and debriefing of field exercise scenario 1 / Conference room
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee/tea break
15:15 – 16:15 Table-top exercise scenario 1 (final phase), debriefing / Conference room
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
 
Dress code:
Morning – civil clothes
Afternoon – working suit

Programme:

07:15 – 08:00 Breakfast
08:00 – 09:30 Table-top exercise scenario 2 (initial phase, preparation of teams) / Conference room
09:30 – 10:00 Coffee/tea break
10:00 – 12:00 Field exercise scenario 2 (special operation response phase) / Classroom 1, 2, Training area
12:00 – 12:30 Refreshing break
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Evaluation and debriefing of field exercise scenario 1 / Conference room
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee/tea break
15:15 – 16:15 Table-top exercise scenario 1 (final phase), debriefing / Conference room
16:15 – 17:00 Evaluation of the course Conference room
18:00 – 21:00 Dinner, bowling
 
Dress code:
Morning, afternoon – working suit
Evening – civil clothes
Evening social programme

Programme:

08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 – 09:15 Equipment maintenance, return of equipment / Classroom 1, 2
09:30 – 11:00 Transfer to Prague
11:00 – 16:00 Sightseeing in Prague
16:00 – 17:00 Checking-in in „Spiritka Hotel“ (Atletická 2352, Prague)
17:00 – 18:00 Official closing ceremony
18:00 – 20:00 Dinner

Dress code:
Morning and afternoon – civil clothes
Official closing ceremony – formal clothes
Some impressions from Prague