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Chemical, biological or radiation incidents: recovery factsheet

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

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Recovering from a chemical, biological or radiation incident

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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.

Published 25 February 2015
Last updated 30 March 2016 + show all updates
  1. Published version 2 of factsheet.

  2. First published.