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

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Civil Defense Course provides practical training to boost hurricane preparedness in urban coastal areas. You will learn basics of storm surge and flooding, risks to critical infrastructure, incident response, and recovery planning. Develop skills in hazard assessment, EOC and ICS coordination, public warning, evacuation operations, and exercise design to safeguard communities and keep essential services running during major storms.
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Develop skills
- Hurricane impact analysis: quickly 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 & rumor control: craft clear alerts and manage crisis messaging.
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