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Bushfires: Response, Relief and Resilience

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Bushfires: Response, Relief and Resilience
  1. What is the course about?
  2. Prerequisites & Facts
  3. Cost, Certificate & Degree
  4. Reviews & Experiences

What is the course about?

Bushfires: Response, Relief and Resilience
The course Bushfires: Response, Relief and Resilience is an online class provided by The University of Newcastle Australia through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Discover strategies to prepare for, respond to and recover from wildfire natural disasters from the world’s leading minds.

Course description
  • 3 weeks
  • The increasing impacts of climate change are exacerbating the risk factors for disasters such as bushfires. Individuals and organisations must learn to respond to emergencies, survive and recover from humanitarian crises that are beyond their current expertise.
  • Challenges and lessons learned from disaster recovery globally suggest that there is a need for individuals and community leaders to understand more about bushfire/wildfire disasters. The causes, mitigation, seeking help and longer term recovery. By the end of this course, you will gain knowledge on bushfire hazards and causes, propensity to spread, impacts and what we can do to recover quickly.
  • This course is significant for individuals and the public interested in gaining knowledge about reducing their vulnerability to bushfires, effective coping strategies in the aftermath of a bushfire event and building resilience in the face of future disasters.
  • This course is part of our Study with Australia collection, with free upgrades and digital certificates supported by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission until 30 June, 2020. Explore more courses from leading Australian education providers.
  • Identify drivers of bushfire risks
  • Assess the various mechanisms through which bushfires attack
  • Explore the impact of bushfires from multiple perspectives
  • Explore essentials for bushfire resilience and benefits of community-led bushfire recovery
  • Identify coping strategies for affected people and effective coping strategies
  • Communities across the world are vulnerable to wildfires, this course assists anyone who lives in a rural area at risk of fire, as well as those who work within local and federal governments, health practitioners and other support personnel.
  • The University of Newcastle Australia
  • The University of Newcastle is a world-class university distinguished by a commitment to equity and excellence. Ranked in Australia’s Top 10 universities, and #207 in the world (QS rankings, 2020).
  • UNITAR
  • The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) provides innovative learning solutions to individuals, organisations and institutions to enhance global decision-making and support country-level action for shaping a better future.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Bushfires: Response, Relief and Resilience

Course Topic

Business, Data Analytics, Decision Making

University, College, Institution

The University of Newcastle Australia

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Bushfires: Response, Relief and Resilience

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / The University of Newcastle Australia you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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