Staying Safe: How to be Prepared in the Modern World (FutureLearn)

Staying Safe: How to be Prepared in the Modern World (FutureLearn)

Have you ever considered what you would do in an emergency situation? How would you keep yourself and others safe? Understand keeping yourself and others safe in the event of an emergency. 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.

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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.

What topics will you cover?

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

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

  • 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
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