Yannick Morvan, as Battalion Chief in the specialized operations division at the Montreal Fire Department, leads the CBRN team and program in support to the departments field operations.

Hazmat Technician since 2005 and firefighter for the last 31 years he also is the team leader of the CBRNE branch of the 6^th Canadian Heavy Urban Search and Rescue national task force of Montreal (CAN-TF6).

Finaly he his a member of the Counter Terrorism Advisory Committee of Montreal (CAAM) since 2019 and International Board Member in the  Counter Terrorism Preparedness Network (CTPN) since 2021. He was nominated in 2023 by the CTPN as Deputy Chair of the new CBRNE experts working group.

The response to terrorist attacks, as in most emergencies, occurs first and foremost at the local or municipal level. Convinced that cities that develop response capabilities in an integrated manner are more resilient during interventions of this nature, Chief Morvan works in close collaboration with the Montreal  Police Department (SPVM) under the counter terrorism advisory committee. The partnership between the Montreal FD and the SPVM on this subject is complementary considering that these events have two components: the criminal aspect (SPVM) and the protection of property, lives and the environment (SIM). It is in this spirit that they planned and coordinated anti-terrorist operations during the15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity which was held in Montreal in December 2022. To maintain this agility, the  Counter terrorism committee of Montreal analyzes the CBRNe response during upcoming major events like, for example, the arrival of the Formula 1 Grand Prix held every June in Montreal.