SAFE Disaster

Course Description

The SAFE/D course is a supplement to the SAFE course, where an addition will provide training for risks that may be posed from natural disasters and major events encountered in remote and potentially hazardous environments. Learners are taught how to adapt, and survive in natural disasters including earthquakes, hurricanes, dust storms, tsunamis, floods and wild fires, or major events including civil unrest, military action or a breakdown in major infrastructure.

The course is underpinned with industry best practice for travel and management of potential threats and the hazards posed. The skills and knowledge gained through the course provide reassurance for staying safe overseas, mitigating risks and developing positive actions when faced with danger.

Comera Risk initially designed the SAFE courses to provide FCDO employees and contractors training in safety and security for hostile environment work. Since the course’s inception in 2015, we have provided thousands of individuals with the confidence to stay safe overseas. This course is ideal for anyone planning to work in hostile areas where natural disasters or major incidents are a potential risk.

Scenario based learning will offer context to protect against threats that will likely result in death or serious injuries, developing skills and knowledge for working with advisors to help mitigate the risks. Learners will develop a range of skills including; sharing in resources, PPE, support networking, movement and survival in changing environments and reactions to natural or civil events. This is contextualised in response to potential hazards and threats.

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Who’s it for?

Operating overseas: Commercial companies, Government departments, NGOs, charities, consultants, contractors, Government contractors, security professionals, media (Press), private individuals, media (Productions), sporting groups, adventure travel groups, athletes, education groups, travel charity groups, private individuals, V.I.P.s

This course is appropriate for those who are travelling to hostile environments providing individuals with reassurance, or organisations who have a legal duty to provide safety and security for their employees, traveling to hostile environments, SAFE/D is the course for you!

If you are not sure if this course is right for you, get in touch.

What’s involved?

This is a learner centred course delivered face-to-face, and comprising of 6 guided learning hours (1 day). Delivery offers theoretical and practical scenarios to provide context for all learning outcomes. Each outcome is designed and structured to assist individuals with the challenges they may face.

Continued assessment is conducted during the course where learners must demonstrate competence for all outcomes listed.

Pre-requisite:

Learners must be a minimum of 18 years of age, must be physically capable of completing the practical assessment and must also have completed an accredited SAFE course within the last six months. It is also advised that learners have a minimum of Level 1 in English.

What’s included?

This course includes:

• Course material

This is a private course designed for up to 12 delegates.

What will I learn?

This course includes modules on the following topics:

• Eroding environment awareness
• Movement in hostile areas
• Response to natural disasters
• Response to major incidents
• Operating in eroding and hostile environment

Suggested Progression

If travelling to these types of environments, you may wish to complement the course or find an alternative here:

These are one-day, supplements to our SAFE course:

• HEAT: HEAT is a scenario based course that offers realism to challenge the learners, where intensity and high pressured situations are applied through the method of delivery. The goal of the course is to evade death or serious injury from high risk events or targeted attacks. Find out more here.
• SAFE : SAFE Plus provides additional training on risks that may be encountered in very hazardous environments where close protection teams form part of the learners movements, and there is the threat of gun fire, IEDs or a vehicle ambush. Find out more here.
• SAFE/1: SAFE Independent provides additional training on risks that may be encountered in very hazardous environments where the learner does not have the luxury of a close protection team, and is required to be self-serving when hazards and threats present. For example kidnapping and ransom or targeted attacks. Find out more here.