IDRN 1100 - Community Based Disaster Preparedness

Length: 1 Day

Type:  Direct Instruction

Prerequisites: None

Description:  The Community Based Disaster Preparedness course is designed to teach individuals and families the necessary steps to prepare for a disaster and how to survive a disaster.  The course provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the trainee through identifying their local hazards, developing and maintaining an emergency communications plan, and developing a disaster supplies kit.

IDRN 1100 also covers topics such as evacuation, shelter, go-bags, and disaster survival. In addition, the course provides in-depth information on specific hazards and how to handle each hazard. Trainees will learn how to prepare for a hazard before, after, and during a hazards occurrence.   Once the 1100 training is completed, each participant will receive an IDRN badge, making them an official member of the International Disaster Response Network.

Training Schedule:

• 09:00 - 09:15        Intro

• 09:15 – 09:30        Module 1:  Why Prepare?

• 09:30 – 10:00        Exercise:  Disaster Risk Reduction 

• 10:00 – 10:30        Module 2:  Family Preparedness Plan

• 10:30 –  10:45       Exercise:  Go-Bag 

• 10:45 – 11:00        Coffee Break

• 11:00 – 11:30        Module  3:  Family Preparedness Plan Continued

• 11:30 – 11:45        Exercise:  Title:  Food Storage

• 11:45 – 12:00        Q + A

• 12:00 – 13:00        Lunch Break

• 13:00 – 13:30        Module 4:  Survival Needs

• 13:30 – 13:45        Exercise:  Water Purification

• 13:45 – 14:15        Module 5:  Survive the Environment

• 14:15– 14:45         Exercise:  Hazard Preparedness and Survival

• 14:45 – 15:15        Module 6:  Survive the Hazard

• 15:15 – 15:30        Coffee Break

• 15:30 – 16:00        Exercise:  Toxic Gas Release Scenario

• 16:00 – 16:30        Module 7:  Disaster Response and the IDRN

• 16:30 – 17:00        Module 8:  Disaster Life Cycle