Survival Training

Disaster Preparedness should include Survival Training

Its important to make survival training part of your disaster preparedness planning.

Below you will find different organizations that provide a variety of training opportunities; local and online courses (some are free) and locations that provide authentic wilderness training courses.

Disaster Relief & Preparing Places Of Refuge Training

Crisis Response International: Imagine a massive 8.5 earthquake happens in a large city nearby. You may be unharmed but suddenly 10′s of thousands of displaced people are looking for a place of refuge. Does your home, church, school or place of business have the means necessary to provide the basic life sustaining needs of such victims? Are you prepared to respond to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs that will arise in the midst of such an event?

Do you have the tools and training to deploy into an environment such as this to meet not only the practical needs but the urgent spiritual needs of the survivors?

Local & Community Training Opportunities

American Red Cross first aid, CPR and AED programs are designed to give you the confidence to respond in an emergency situation with skills that can save a life. They offer additional training in bloodborne pathogens, oxygen administration and injury prevention and first aid training to prepare you to prevent and respond to life-threatening emergencies.Classes can be scheduled at your facility or your American Red Cross chapter at a time that works for you-daytime, evenings and weekends.

Community Emergency Response Team - C.E.R.T.

Following a major disaster, first responders who provide fire and medical services will not be able to meet the demand for these services. Factors as number of victims, communication failures, and road blockages will prevent people from accessing emergency services they have come to expect at a moment's notice through 911. People will have to rely on each other for help in order to meet their immediate life saving and life sustaining needs.

"Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams", IS-317, is an independent study course that serves as an introduction to CERT for those wanting to complete training or as a refresher for current team members. It has six modules with topics that include an Introduction to CERT, Fire Safety, Hazardous Material and Terrorist Incidents, Disaster Medical Operations, and Search and Rescue. It takes between six and eight hours to complete the course. Those who successfully finish it will receive a certificate of completion.

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Online Courses

The National Preparedness Directorate (NPD)online Course Catalog provides searchable, integrated information on courses provided or managed by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), Emergency Management Institute (EMI), and National Training and Education Division (NTED).

The Survival Trading Preparedness course is the only site found that offers it for free. The course will last roughly about one hour. This basic survival course will help a person identify and prepared for being in natural setting where an emergency situation may occur and knowing how to handle oneself.

The National Center for Disaster Preparedness' particular areas of interest include readiness of the health and public health systems, health workforce and citizen readiness, disaster communications, national preparedness benchmarks and the needs of special populations. They offer Disaster Preparedness Online courses for free, competency based online public health courses, training materials and resources are offered by Columbia University.

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