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Outdoor testing facility Vyškov

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The testing and training facility is located at the outdoor facility in Vyškov, nicknamed “Stone Cottage”. The facility  is intended to conduct special assignments  using chemical warfare agents (CWA) for research and testing purposes.   It allows to testing the function of devices of chemical and radiological reconnaissance , individual  protection and decontamination. In addition to this, it also enables the training of CBRN  specialists with chemical warfare agents (CWA) and ionizing radiation sources (IR sources).

The testing facility   is located in military training area   “Březina”, 14 km away from the town of Vyškov. The nearest settlements are the villages of Rychtářov and Studnice, which are about 5 km away.

The facility includes

  • Roofed working (testing) area to conduct research and experiments in real outdoor environment enabling activity in various combat scenarios,
  • The object of specialized laboratories with first-class analytical laboratory, laboratories to synthesize highly toxic chemical substances , laboratories to prepare samples, laboratories of aerosols and warehouses, including warehouse to store toxic substances and highly toxic substances,
  • The object (building) to conduct training with fully equipped control centre (camera, communication, detection, meteorological as well as measure and regulation systems), hygienic loop consisting of decontamination showers, changing room(s) for at most 20 people, lounge, shower enclosures with hot water (the clean part of the facility is protected against outer contaminated environment through pressurized filter ventilation),
  • The  support facility of experimental work and trainnning. which is adjacent immediately to testing area and allows to store materiel, to prepare and contaminate samples, to dry protective clothing and to conduct training assignments and testing with toxic substances in an enclosed space,
  • The object of testing intended to examine the tightness of devices used in individual protection before entering contaminated area,
  • The area with a detection mast and a system for creating defined area contaminations  to enable outdoor experiments to determine the physical  properties of highly toxic chemicals to enable modelling of the behaviour of these substances in real conditions, t
  • The testing chamber to test stand-off detectors of chemical substances,
  • The Neutralization station to collect, neutralize and temporary store liquid waste,
  • An accommodation with capacity of about 30 people and conference room for 40 people,
  • The administrative object,