Preparedness & Safety
Family emergency preparedness
The plan, the supplies and the conversations to have before anything happens — including the ones about children, elderly relatives, pets and anyone who cannot simply walk out.
Free
12 lessons
55 min
Open to everybody. No account, no payment.
Watch the course as a film
Lessons
- 01 The plan, on one page 5 min
- 02 Contacts that work when the phone does not 4 min
- 03 Meeting points, and what makes a good one 4 min
- 04 Water 5 min
- 05 Food that needs nothing 5 min
- 06 Medicines and a first-aid box 5 min
- 07 Light, power and a way to charge a phone 4 min
- 08 The bag by the door 5 min
- 09 Children 5 min
- 10 Elderly relatives, and anyone who cannot simply walk out 5 min
- 11 Pets 4 min
- 12 Practise once, then leave it alone 4 min
The other free courses
- The first hours of a crisis
- 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
- A chemical release
- 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.