Civil Defense Course
This course equips participants with essential skills for hurricane preparedness and response in urban coastal environments, focusing on risk assessment, coordination, and community protection.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
The Civil Defence Course delivers focused, practical training to strengthen hurricane readiness in urban coastal areas. Learn storm surge and flooding fundamentals, critical infrastructure risks, incident response, and recovery planning. Build skills in hazard assessment, EOC and ICS coordination, public warning, evacuation operations, and exercise design to protect communities and maintain essential services during major storms.
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Develop skills
- Hurricane impact analysis: rapidly assess surge, wind, and cascading failures.
- Critical asset risk mapping: use GIS to rank hospitals, bridges, and utilities.
- Incident command & EOC operations: run coordinated, multi-agency responses.
- Evacuation & shelter operations: execute routes, contraflow, and safe housing.
- Public warning & rumour control: craft clear alerts and manage crisis messaging.
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