Australian
soldiers from the Incident Response Regiment (IRR) based
at Holsworthy, Sydney undertake training in a remote area
to deal with a chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear
or explosive incident.
The
IRR includes intelligence, signals, nursing, ordnance, transport,
electrical and mechanical engineers, scientists and catering
officers. The regiment is defensive and protective by design
and has no offensive capability. Personnel are able to conduct
high risk searches with detection equipment and dogs, disarm
and dispose of devices, decontaminate and treat victims
and the exposed area and analyse the hazardous material
on site.
They
are able to assist state and territory authorities to respond
to emergencies with fire fighting, aircraft and vehicle
crash rescue and urban search and rescue expertise. As a
rapid response organisation, elements of the regiment are
prepared to move to incident sites at short notice.
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