Safety, Security and Protection in the field

Overview

The mounting hostility and increasing number of violent attacks against the humanitarian workers, premises and assets emphasize the need to further promote and deliver safety and security training for all personnel carrying development and humanitarian missions in unstable and dangerous areas of the world. The core modules of this course include practical guidance on radio communications procedures, weapon, landmine and UXO awareness, travel and convoy security, hostage survival and cultural awareness.  The course aims at ensuring that participants are able to identify and respond to direct and indirect threats and incidents, particularly in insecure and hostile field environments.

 

Training methodology

The training course will provide a theoretical background to managing safety and security in the field. This will be achieved by demonstrating real-life examples from current and past emergencies with help of audio-visual aids. The case scenarios will illustrate situations to which participants might be exposed when undertaking work in hostile environments. Importantly, the course will allow participants to gain practical experience in both managing their own security and responding to threats and incidents through interactive approach, involving participation in practical, real-life like scenarios.

 

Who should attend?

Anyone likely to be deployed to an insecure or hostile environment.

 

Course objectives

By the end of the course the participants will:

• Understand their role and responsibilities in managing their own security in the field
• Know how to conduct a personal risk assessment
• Understand how to respond to threats present in hostile environments
• Understand how to reduce vulnerability to various threats
• Understand the importance of cultural awareness and sensitivity, team work and interpersonal communications

 

Main topics

• Security in the Field
• Personal & Office Security awareness
• Preventive measures and responses to security-related incidents
• Risk assessment
• Communication (including use of field communication equipment)
• Mines and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Awareness
• Travel & Convoy Procedures
• Hostage Incident Management
• Surviving in hostile environments
• Stress management

 

Number of participants  20

Duration  Two days

Documentation / Certification  Certificate of training by RASIL-International Humanitarian City and KDC
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