Guidance

Chemical, biological or radiation incidents: recovery factsheet

Guidance on how to recover from a chemical, biological or radiation (CBRN) incident, including HazMat.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 25 February 2015
• Last updated: 15 July 2025
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  1. 15 July 2025

     Rebranded page to UKHSA. No change to content.

  2. 30 March 2016

     Published version 2 of factsheet.

  3. 25 February 2015

     First published.

Documents

Recovering from a chemical, biological or radiation incident

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2014759

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Details

This content was originally produced by Public Health England (PHE). This content is now owned and managed by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

This factsheet can help the user to tailor an applicable and effective response to environments affected by CBRN or HazMat incidents.

It may also help to recover environments historically affected by chemical or radionuclide contamination.

Recovery is defined as the process of rebuilding, restoring and rehabilitating the community following an emergency.