40-500: [REDACTED] The Defence Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centre (the Defence CBRN Centre or DCBRNC for short) is a United Kingdom military facility at Winterbourne Gunner in Wiltshire, south of Porton Down and about 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Salisbury . It is a tri-service location, with the Army being the lead service. The centre is responsible for all training issues relating to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence and warfare for
80-568: A joint Army and Royal Air Force establishment. The emergence of a nuclear weapons threat led to the inclusion of radiological defence into the portfolio. In 1964 the biological threat was included in the scope of the centre and it became the Defence Nuclear, Biological and Chemical School. In 1999 the RAF took over the operation of the site, following the 1997 decision that they became the lead service for NBC training. A full refurbishment of
120-534: A moulded central tie beam. The font is late twelfth or early thirteenth century while the panelled limestone pulpit is nineteenth century. A united benefice was created for the three Winterbourne villages in 1924. A team ministry was created for the area in 1973, and today the church is part of the Bourne Valley Churches grouping, alongside five nearby village churches. Health Protection Agency The Health Protection Agency ( HPA )
160-545: A new National Epidemiology Service. Combining these services into one grouping was intended to facilitate and reinforce close team working among those with skills relevant to delivering effective and consistent responses to significant health protection threats. LaRS provided support to the front line response by coordinating services at the regional and local level. It was a source of specialist advice and operational support, and it contributed actively to policy making and implementation in partnership with other HPA divisions and with
200-474: A population of 292. On 1 April 1934, the parish was abolished and merged with Winterbourne Earls and Winterbourne Dauntsey to form Winterbourne parish. The place-name 'Winterbourne Gunner' is first attested in 1275 in the Rotuli hundredorum , where it appears as Winterburn Gonnore . The name means 'winter river (i.e. one dry in summer) belonging to Gunnora de la Mare', who held the manor in 1250, according to
240-406: A restoration in 1886. It is constructed of flint with limestone dressings. The low, unbuttressed twelfth-century tower is at the west end and is rendered and whitewashed, and topped with a pyramidal tiled roof. The nave is short, and a porch was added on the south side at the time the south aisle was removed. The interior has a fourteenth-century roof over the nave with arch-braced trussed rafters with
280-522: A series of Bronze Age features including a pond barrow and associated round barrows and urn burials, which the Saxons appear to have respected when selecting their burial sites. These show up as circular crop marks, with a diameter of 20 to 30 feet. The Bronze Age features were designated as Scheduled Monuments in July 1994. In 1999 a house at Winterbourne Gunner was the subject of a Series 2 episode of
320-571: A wide range of scientific disciplines. In April 2013, the NIBSC left the HPA and was merged with the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency . The Health Protection Agency Annual Conference, which was attended by approximately one thousand health professionals and scientists to promote scientific excellence and best practice in health protection and emergency planning, brought together experts from
360-451: Is a 3-day course to provide military doctors with an awareness of the effects of CBRN agents and teach the competencies to provide Role 1 CBRN casualty management. The CBRN Clinical course trains Role 1 (pre-hospital), 2 (hospital) and 3 (medical, nursing and allied health) professionals in the recognition and treatment of all casualties in a CBRN environment, through to Role 3 advanced medical care including critical care. This course supports
400-500: Is intended for civilian and military stores staff who are responsible for storage, maintenance and management of CBRN defence equipment. This course trains military band personnel (who in war are stretcher bearers ) to perform casualty decontamination in a CBRN environment. The Defence CBRN Centre is the home of the Joint CBRN Medical Faculty. The centre provides CBRN medical training to all medical officers in
440-748: The Book of Fees in the National Archives . Gunnora is a Norman woman's name of Old Scandinavian origin, as in Old Norse Gunnvor or Gunnor . Winterbourne Gunner has considerable archaeological interest. In 1960 workmen digging a pipeline came across a series of early Saxon graves, which subsequent excavations found to be particularly rich in grave goods. A 1994 dig in a nearby building plot by television programme Time Team ( series 2 , "The Saxon Graves") found several more early 6th-century Saxon graves near Salt Lane, and discovered
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#1732782389862480-930: The National Health Service (NHS) and the Department of Health. The HPA also played a lead role in helping prepare for new and emerging health threats, such as bioterrorism or emerging virulent disease strains. There were four HPA centres – at Porton Down in Salisbury, Chilton in Oxfordshire, South Mimms in Hertfordshire, and Colindale in NW London. In addition, the HPA had regional laboratories across England and administrative headquarters in Central London. On 1 April 2013,
520-675: The Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS). In April 1994, CAMR moved from PHLS centre to the Microbiological Research Authority (MRA), reporting to the Department of Health and continuing the programme in civil microbiological research started in 1979. Microbiology Services remained the biggest of the four Divisions within the HPA with 1800 staff, consisting of laboratory groups from the Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response,
560-716: The RAF Regiment and the Royal Marines Band Service for casualty treatment. Winterbourne Gunner Winterbourne Gunner is a village and former civil parish , now in the parish of Winterbourne , in Wiltshire , England, about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Salisbury . The village is near the River Bourne and the A338 road , and is close to Winterbourne Dauntsey . In 1931 the parish had
600-698: The UK's armed forces . It is also the home of the National Ambulance Resilience Unit's Training & Education Centre which, among other things, is responsible for training the NHS ambulance service's Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART). The site was established as an element of the Porton Down research facility in 1917. Known as Porton South Camp, it served as a trench mortar experimental site. Reduced in scale immediately following
640-687: The Advanced Respirator Testing System. This course provides the knowledge and skills to conduct and deliver instruction and testing on MATT 4 / CCS. It incorporates instruction on the GSR. Individuals can apply for the course alone or together with the Defence Operational Instructor course. This course provides the knowledge and skills to conduct unit instruction in CBRN incident response. This course
680-614: The Agency became a non-departmental public body , with the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) being merged into the organisation at the same time. The origins of the HPA's largest facility in Porton Down can be traced back to 1940, when Porton had a highly secret and independent 'Biology Department' under the Ministry of Defence to study biological warfare and defence against it. By 1946 it
720-451: The Army took over control of the centre from the RAF regiment. The Defence CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) School is the instructional element of the centre. Its mission is to deliver the UK's CBRN Defence Training for Operations on land. The 10-day CBRN Defence Advisors' is aimed at military officers within a battlegroup or unit who have responsibility to assist/ advice
760-565: The BBC television series Meet the Ancestors . The London and South Western Railway 's line between Andover and Salisbury opened in 1857, following the Bourne valley and passing just east of Winterbourne Gunner village. There was a station and goods yard nearby at Porton , which closed to goods in 1962 and passengers in 1968. There has been a military research and training site southeast of
800-400: The Centre for Infections, eight regional microbiology laboratories and 37 collaborating hospital laboratories. Together, these laboratories provided frontline diagnostic and public health microbiology services to NHS trusts and HPA health protection units. Its remit included infectious disease surveillance, providing specialist and reference microbiology and microbial epidemiology, coordinating
840-401: The Centre manufactured a number of healthcare products, including vaccines and therapeutics. Internationally recognised as a world leader in microbiology research and testing, HPA's Porton Down Centre worked with foreign governments, international biotechnology and pharmaceutical corporations, and start-up and spin-out companies. The strategic goal of the Centre was "to build on and develop
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#1732782389862880-614: The HPA minus the South Mimms site became part of Public Health England , a new executive agency of the Department of Health (DoH). The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control ( NIBSC ) located in South Mimms was merged with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The Health Protection Agency (HPA) was originally established as an NHS special health authority in 2003. On 1 April 2005,
920-616: The HPA was organised into four groups: Microbiology Services, Health Protection Services, Biological Standards and Control, and the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards. The Division included laboratory groups from the Centre for Infections, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, the Regional Microbiology Network and their associated supports. The remit of the Centre included infectious disease surveillance, providing specialist and reference microbiology and microbial epidemiology, coordinating
960-703: The NHS, local authorities and other agencies. The Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards comprised the Radiation Protection Division (formerly the National Radiological Protection Board) and the Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division. The base for the Centre was in Chilton, Oxfordshire. The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control's (NIBSC) mission was to assure
1000-588: The UK Armed forces and courses are available to NATO/Allied Nations. As well as military training, Defence CBRN Centre also supports civilian response in partnership with the Health Protection Agency . The Joint CBRN Medical Faculty supports CBRN medical doctrine development, training and curriculum development and SME support to defence research programmes working closely with partners in the health sector. The Joint CBRN medical centre supports
1040-626: The UK. HPA was accountable to the UK Secretary of State for Health , and was funded primarily by Government Grant in Aid. Other income was received from the NHS, commercial activities, grants, and other sources. HPA’s income for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2008, was £160.2 million from Revenue Government financing plus £109.2 million total operating income. Total average staff numbers for that year, including secondments and agency staff, were 3,394 staff. Following consultation during April 2010,
1080-755: The cessation of hostilities in 1918, research into chemical weapons and defence recommenced in 1921, with South Camp becoming the Chemical Warfare School in 1926. In 1931 the site became part of the Small Arms School as the Anti-Gas Wing. It would later become an independent entity, in 1939, as the Army Gas School, later the Army School of Chemical Warfare. The site was operated by the Army until 1947, when it became
1120-447: The commander in the planning and execution of CBRN measures and unit CBRN training, or who fill CBRN staff appointments. The course trains CBRN Defence Advisors operating at battlegroup or deployed at an operating base at Staff Officer level. The CBRN Defence Senior Officers' Symposium has three parts: the UK's CBRN defence capabilities, the threat and countering the threat. This is a course for military personnel who manage and carry out
1160-495: The functions of CBRN Warning & Reporting and Collection Centres in line with Allied / NATO standards. This task includes dealing with CBRN data, interpreting that information and issuing subsequent reports on the threat. The emphasis of the course is on the automated plotting of threats. This 5-day course trains CBRN defence instructors to fit, test and maintain the General Service Respirator and operate
1200-739: The intellectual assets of the organisation in partnership with industry." Areas of expertise include: bacterial vaccines , toxin therapeutics, Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and in-vivo testing of compounds, biodefence and biosafety testing, diagnostics, and the provision of cell cultures. The Regional Microbiology Network was composed of eight regional microbiology laboratories. In addition, 37 hospital microbiology laboratories participated as HPA collaborating laboratories. Together, these laboratories provided frontline diagnostic and public health microbiology services to NHS trusts and HPA health protection units. This Division comprised two nationally organised services, each with their own head: LaRS and
1240-458: The investigation and cause of national and uncommon outbreaks, helping advise government on the risks posed by various infections and responding to international health alerts. The Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response prepared for and coordinated responses to potential healthcare emergencies, including possible acts of deliberate release. In addition, both basic and applied research were undertaken into understanding infectious diseases and
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1280-449: The investigation and cause of national and uncommon outbreaks, helping advise government on the risks posed by various infections and responding to international health alerts. In addition, both basic and applied research was undertaken to understand infectious diseases, and the group manufactured a number of healthcare products including vaccines and therapeutics. For instance, the HPA was the sole licensed manufacturer of anthrax vaccine in
1320-582: The medical response to a CBRN incident and the management of CBRN casualties. It is a cross-government group under the remit under the Surgeon-General to develop CBRN clinical guidance, medical training and research. The clinical training objectives are to: "manage any CBRN casualties including trauma, manage the medical aspects of a CBRN incident, treat chemical casualties, treat biological casualties including sepsis, treat radiological casualties including nuclear. The Emergency Medical Treatment course
1360-569: The military competencies for emergency medicine, acute medicine, intensive care and specialist nurse training. The Defence Medic CBRN course trains Role 1 (pre-hospital) medics in the recognition and treatment of all casualties in a CBRN environment. This course supports includes advanced first aid in the hot zone, emergency medical treatment and casualty decontamination. The DCBRNC Technical Support Group provides an external training and trials function. The TSG External Training Team provides all three services with their CBRN defence training, inspecting
1400-491: The quality of biological medicines. At the heart of the work was the preparation, storage and worldwide distribution of World Health Organization international standards and reference materials to provide benchmarks for product quality. In addition NIBSC provided testing services as the UK's Official Medicines Control Laboratory to ensure compliance with product specifications. These activities and advice provided by NIBSC were underpinned by leading edge scientific research covering
1440-771: The site was completed in 2005, with the World War I accommodation replaced by a modernised training facility, used by all three services. Around this time the centre was the home of the Police National CBRN Centre, until it moved to NPIA facilities at Ryton , Warwickshire. On 21 July 2005, the name of the site was changed from the Defence Nuclear Biological and Chemical Centre (DNBCC) to the Defence Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Centre (DCBRNC). In April 2019,
1480-669: The training at unit level. Secondly, the Trials part of TSG helps the development of Joint Service CBRN defence equipment and procedures, supporting the CBRN Delivery Team and DES . The team has contributed to Light Role Teams, G.S.R. and the ARTS system. The Defence CBRN Centre assists with the military's annual chemical warfare exercise, Exercise TOXIC DAGGER, which in 2018 took place on Salisbury Plain and involved over 300 military personnel, including 40 Commando Royal Marine ,
1520-647: The village, beyond the railway line, since the First World War. A 1958 map shows many buildings, labelled simply as 'Barracks'; the site was refurbished in 2005 and is now the home of the Defence Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Centre , as well as a training centre for the National Ambulance Resilience Unit. The Church of England parish church of St Mary was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1958. It has twelfth- and thirteenth-century origins with additions in 1687 and 1810, and
1560-523: Was a non-departmental public body in England . It was set up by the UK government in 2003 to protect the public from threats to their health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards. The HPA's role was to provide an integrated approach to protecting public health in the UK. It did this by providing advice and information to the general public, health professionals and local government, and by providing emergency services, support and advice to
1600-503: Was called the 'Microbiological Research Department', and from 1951 the 'Microbiological Research Establishment', with research becoming increasingly defensive and civilian in nature. Total civilian control was established by moving biological defence work to the Chemical Defence Establishment (now dstl ), and renaming the facility from 1 April 1979 as the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research (CAMR) within
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