The Field testing facility Vyškov

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

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

The facility consists of

A roofed working and testing area to conduct research and experiments in real outdoor environment enabling activity in various combat scenarios,
Special laboratories building with a state-of-the-art analytical laboratory, a laboratory for synthesis of highly toxic chemicals, a sample preparation laboratory, an aerosol laboratory and storage facilities, including storage for chemical warfare agents and highly toxic substances,
A training area with a fully equipped control centre (camera, communication, detection, meteorological as well as measuring and control systems, a hygienic loop consisting of decontamination showers, changing rooms for a maximum of 20 people, a rest room and shower enclosures with hot water (the clean part of the facility is protected from the outside contaminated environment through pressure filter ventilation),
A support facility of experimental work and training, which is adjacent immediately to the testing area and allows to store material, to prepare and contaminate samples, to dry protective clothing and to conduct training assignments and testing with CWAs in an enclosed space,
A testing booth intended to examine the tightness of devices used in individual protection before entering the contaminated area,
A workstation 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 for modelling of the behaviour of these substances in real conditions,
Equipment for testing remote detectors using live CWAs and highly toxic chemicals,
The neutralization station to collect, neutralize and temporary store liquid waste,
An accommodation building with capacity of about 30 people and a conference room for a maximum of 40 people,
An administrative building (offices).