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, incident management, and community safety.

flexible workload from 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Civil Defence Course provides focused, practical training to boost hurricane preparedness in urban coastal areas. You will learn basics of storm surges and flooding, risks to key infrastructure, handling incidents, and planning for recovery. Develop abilities in assessing hazards, coordinating EOC and ICS, issuing public warnings, managing evacuations, and designing exercises to safeguard communities and keep vital services running during big storms.
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Develop skills
- Hurricane impact analysis: quickly evaluate surges, winds, and chain reactions.
- Critical asset risk mapping: apply GIS to prioritise hospitals, bridges, and utilities.
- Incident command and EOC operations: manage joint responses across agencies.
- Evacuation and shelter operations: carry out routes, contraflow, and secure shelters.
- Public warning and rumour control: create straightforward alerts and handle crisis information.
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