5-day Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)

The 5-day HEAT is conducted according to and surpasses the standards set by ENTRi (European New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management). This is an intensive course that focuses on travel to and operations in medium and high-risk areas. The course content consists of the following:

• Practical travel security and awareness.
• How to conduct a security assessment.
• Comprehensive conflict management.
• First aid in risk exposed areas.
• Extensive theoretical and practical hostage survival training.
• Communication equipment and navigation.
• Mines/IED and UXO awareness.
• Gender-based violence.
• Stress-management.

This course prepares attendees to be able to travel and operate in risk exposed environments through realistic scenarios.

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