Course Syllabus

It always seems like there's a new disaster every time you turn on the TV, read a newspaper, or open up your social media feed. Hurricanes in the south, fires to the west, storms to the north, and floods to the east--and that's just in the United States. When you look at the rest of the world, it just seems so much worse. So what can you do to protect yourself? Your family? Your community? This disaster risk reduction course will provide you with strategies necessary to minimize your personal and financial safety risk in the event of an unforeseen emergency.

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is an approach designed to help improve disaster outcomes by assessing, identifying, and reducing the different risk factors involved. Its application is widespread throughout the world in a variety of disaster-related situations and scenarios. This course will look at how DRR can be used in emergency situations--which many disasters are--and how ANYONE can put it to use to improve their chances in a disaster event.

Topics of this course will include:

·    Types of Disasters--These lessons will look at the different kinds of disasters and the dangers they pose. The relationship between these disasters and DRR will be explored as well.

·    DRR and the Environment--Since many disasters originate within nature and the environment, it is only logical to discuss the connections between the environment and DRR. This lesson will also discuss the potential impact of DRR efforts on the environment.

·    Resources--Resources are valuable before, during, and after a disaster and they have an important role in DRR. This lesson will discuss what resources are necessary in a disaster and how they should be addressed to benefit DRR.

Disasters and emergencies can happen anywhere, and everyone should do what they can to ensure their safety. With Disaster Risk Reduction in Emergencies, it is our hope that you are able to take action to help give yourself an advantage when disaster strikes. Are you ready to take on this challenge? Let's go!