Preparedness & Safety
A chemical release
Uphill, upwind, away — and why an untrained rescuer who runs in becomes a casualty who also needs decontaminating.
Free
1 lesson
6 min
Open to everybody. No account, no payment.
Watch the course as a film
Lessons
The other free courses
- The first hours of a crisis
- Family emergency preparedness
- Alerts, shelter, and what is left afterwards
- First aid: what the reading covers
- At a road collision
- Drowning and rescue in water
- Severe bleeding
- Unresponsive
- Burns
- Heart attack and stroke
- Seizures and collapse
- Anaphylaxis and overdose
- Heat and cold
- Psychological first aid
- Earthquake
- Flood
- Fire and evacuation
- An attack in a public place
- Unexploded ordnance and mines
- A radiological incident
- Evacuating people who cannot leave on their own
- Plague: recognising it early and protecting yourself
The rest of the Academy
Everything else the association teaches is in the Academy, free in exactly the same way: no account, no payment. Investigation and evidence, digital safety, open-source research and verification, alongside the first-aid and preparedness material here.
Open the AcademyUPA educational materials are intended for general preparedness and educational purposes. In an emergency, always follow current instructions from local authorities and emergency services. Country-specific procedures may differ.