Module 4 - Response and Recovery (11 ECTS Credits)

Module outcomes:

• Transmit basic knowledge on the system of coping and recovery in disaster management.
• Positioning coping and recovery strategies within the integrated disaster management cycle.
• Analysis of specific challenges for the operative units.

Key competences:

On completion of the module, students will have obtained knowledge on …

• Practical exercises in crisis communication and the European Civil Protection Mechanism;
• the key terms and key issues of medical and psychosocial emergency assistance and are able to administer first aid as well as psychological first aid;
• the special situation of companies in disaster situations and are able to develop solutions to typical problems through practical exercises;
• Graduates are familiar with the processes of response staff and are able to contribute their knowledge in relevant subject areas of response staff;
•  the fundamental principles of crisis communication and are able to apply them as required;
• the basics of the European Civil Protection Mechanism and are able to implement the fundamental Host Nation Support for disaster relief teams arriving on the scene;