Emergency safety
The first hours of a crisis
What to do in the first hours of an emergency, in the order it matters: find out what is actually happening, tell the people who need to know you are safe, and decide whether to stay or go.
Free
10 lessons
48 min
Open to everybody. No account, no payment.
Reading, not training. Follow the emergency services and the civil-protection authority where you are; where they differ from this page, they govern.
Watch the course as a film
Lessons
- 01 Stop, and find out what is happening 4 min
- 02 Verify before you act, and before you repeat 6 min
- 03 Deal with what can hurt you in the next ten minutes 5 min
- 04 Tell one person you are safe 4 min
- 05 Shelter or move — and who decides 6 min
- 06 Documents, and money that still works 5 min
- 07 Water, light and warmth, in that order 5 min
- 08 Help the person nearest you 4 min
- 09 The mistakes that recur every time 5 min
- 10 Keep listening, and plan the next twelve hours 4 min
This material is education, not certification, and it does not replace accredited professional or medical training. It describes how the association works; it is not legal advice and confers no powers.