Her annual exercise 7th EMAC “TROY 2023” for dealing with a threat related to a chemical, biological, radiological incident (C.B.R.P.) was carried out successfully and the participation of all involved bodies.

For more than two hours, on Wednesday morning (5/4), Papapostolou street at the eastern entrance of Lamia, at the height of ELTA, was closed, after an accident with a parcel containing a “biological agent”.

Fortunately the accident and biological “attack”was only a scenario of the annual exercise of the 7th EMAK “TROY 2024”, which has as its subject the treatment of Chemical, Biological and Radiological Incidents (C.B.R.P.) events.

Men of the 7th EMAK with the special equipment entered the area, safely stored the biological agent and helped with their colleagues, with similar equipment, to remove the employee who had lost consciousness by inhaling the dangerous substance.

In the street outside the ELTA, the necessary means were set up to collect and remove the dirty water, with which the people involved were cleaned, while the injured person left with the appropriately dressed people of the EKAV.

The police took over the interruption of traffic and the removal of citizens who were near the place where the biological attack took place.

The readiness of the 7th EMAK and the proper cooperation between the involved services in such an event, so as to reduce to a minimum the times of intervention, rescue and removal of threats, was the main objective of the specific exercise, as emphasized speaking to LamiaReport by the Coordinator P.Y. . Central Greece – Thessaly, Major General Evangelos Falaras.