Staying Safe: How to be Prepared in the Modern World

Online Course

Emergency Planning College (EPC)

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Staying Safe: How to be Prepared in the Modern World

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What is the course about?

Staying Safe: How to be Prepared in the Modern World

The course Staying Safe: How to be Prepared in the Modern World is an online class provided by Emergency Planning College (EPC) through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Have you ever considered what you would do in an emergency situation?_x000D_
How would you keep yourself and others safe?

Course description

Understand keeping yourself and others safe in the event of an emergency.
3 weeks

In today’s uncertain world, it’s important to understand the likelihood of an emergency situation occurring, and how to be more prepared. Daily emergencies happen worldwide, however hearing about them depends on your location and the circumstances of the emergency.
The course has been designed to help you as an individual develop your own personal resilience and to understand the ‘what ifs’.
This will allow you to plan how to deal with them, prioritise them and lessen the affects to you and your family.

Identifying types of emergencies
Risks, hazards and threats assessment
Impact and consequences of emergencies
Developing emergency plans
Individually preparing for emergencies
Developing personal resilience

Assess the likelihood of risks, hazards and threats
Develop the skills to evaluate actual risk and understand how you could react in an emergency
Explain the difference between threats vs hazards and intention vs capability
Explore information available, for use in your emergency plan
Improve your own personal resilience to become more prepared for disruption

This course is ideal for you if you want to understand the actual risks to you and your family, and how to be prepared in an emergency.
Professionals who may be involved in community resilience planning may also find the course beneficial.

Emergency Planning College (EPC)
The EPC is the UK’s national centre for resilience learning and development services; we develop people, teams and organisations through training, exercising and consultancy.

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Prerequisites & Facts

Staying Safe: How to be Prepared in the Modern World

Course Topic

Nature & Environment, Politics & Society

University, College, Institution

Emergency Planning College (EPC)

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

Staying Safe: How to be Prepared in the Modern World

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Emergency Planning College (EPC) 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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Staying Safe: How to be Prepared in the Modern World

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