Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit - CBRN
The events of 11 September 2001, led to the immediate Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) response capability of the CF to be assigned to a new dedicated high readiness unit, the JNBCD Company. Since 1 February 2006 this unit has been a part of CANSOFCOM. Its name was officially changed to the CJIRU in September 2007. This unit, still in the process of being fully developed, has three key mandates. This first is to respond to CBRN events in conjunction with other elements of the National CBRN Response Team: the RCMP and Health Canada. The second is to provide an agile integral part of the CANSOFCOM Immediate Reaction Task Force (IRTF) and lastly to force generation a planning, and advisory capability to CF expeditionary operations.
Mission: To provide timely and agile broad based CBRN support to the Government of Canada in order to prevent, control and mitigate CBRN threats to Canada, Canadians and Canadian interests.
For more information visit the CJIRU website at: http://www.cjiru-uiic.forces.gc.ca
