Be prepared to protect against the use of CBRN

The probability of the use of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) material as a weapon by rouge states and terrorists remains a real concern for Governments who continue to fund technological research and procure specialist capability in order to improve their ability to prevent and mitigate the effects of such attacks.

Many organisations including the military as well as civilian emergency services and the myriad of other civilian response agencies require specialist CBRN advice as they develop their capability to respond to such events. Equally those responsible for critical national infrastructure and venues where large numbers of people gather (e.g. transport systems, sporting and cultural venues and shopping centres) require authoritative CBRN advice as they consider what they need to do to mitigate the effects of a CBRN incident and what their response to such events should be. Furthermore, business developing capability and equipment for the Armed Forces, as well as for certain civilian uses, need to ensure that they take into account the CBRN dimension by considering the effects of CBRN on the capability and determining whether they need to introduce special measures to mitigate these effects in order to maintain operational effectiveness.

Recruiting CBRN subject matter expert who understand the challenges all these organisations face is a difficult decision. How can their unique skills be utilised full-time to justify the expense? One option is to seek outside specialist CBRN expertise on an as required basis as it removes these employment issues, prevents unnecessary investment of money and resource and ensures that the advice that is available is both accurate and up-to-date.

Watership Associates is an association of CBRN professionals and CBRN orientated business professionals who are available to provide specialist CBRN advice to any organisations. All of our associates have a defence, security or resilience background as well as many years’ CBRN experience, in the Military and Government service as well as in industry, and are professionals in helping organisations solve their CBRN challenges.

Our goal is simple – to help organisations, be it Government, Military or Civilian, to be better prepared to respond to the use of CBRN as well as to help industry to formulate deals which meet both theirs and their client’s interest.

First and foremost we are stakeholder-driven, meaning we listen and work hard to understand your CBRN needs  We work in partnership with your stakeholders because this allows us to develop solutions to precisely meet with your organisation's or your clients requirementsOur adoption of an holistic approach ensures we consider all aspects of your organisation's or your client's requirements - achieving maximum potential for your CBRN solutionBeing implementation focussed, we concentrate on the delivery of your solution and remain results-driven, never losing sight of what you have asked us to deliverFinally, we incorporate quality, benchmarking and best practice in all areas which means your CBRN project is delivered to a high standard

Do you have a CBRN requirement? Contact Watership Associates on 01256 309 908  or,
email group@watership-associates.com to arrange a meeting.

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Chris Abbott, Managing Director

Chris Abbott, the founder and Managing Director of Watership Associates, is a well respected CBRN specialist with over 37 years’ experience primarily gained in the Royal Air Force.

He has an extensive knowledge of all aspects of military CBRN protective measures and a comprehensive understanding of civil CBRN arrangements.

Prior to his retirement from the RAF in 2006, Chris spent 15 years engaged on CBRN protection issues primarily for the MoD in London. During this time he was recognised as one of the UK Armed Force’s authoritative specialists in the field and earned an international reputation for his CBRN expertise.

He represented the UK at a number of international CBRN forum including the NATO Defence Group on Proliferation. His experience includes the development of CBRN operational policy, concepts, doctrine and capability for the Armed Forces. Since 2006 Chris has gained extensive business experience initially with EDS Defence and Security (now HP) and latterly with Detica where he coordinated CBRN activities across the BAE Systems Group.

Chris is Chairman of the Emergency Planning Society’s CBRN Professional Working Group, Vice Chairman of CBRN-UK (the UK CBRN industry specialist interest group) and a member of the Home Office CBRN Industrial Advisory Group.

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