Preparedness & 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.
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
The other free courses
- 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
- 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.