Free Online Course by FutureLearn on Bushfires: Response, Relief and Resilience

Future Learn Platform is offering a free online course on the theme of bushfires: Response, relief and resilience.

Course background:

The increasing impacts of climate change are exacerbating the risk factors associated with disasters such as bushfires. Individuals and organisations must learn to respond to emergencies, survive and recover from humanitarian crises that are beyond their current expertise.

Challenges and lessons learned from disaster recovery globally suggest that there is a need for individuals and community leaders to understand more about bushfire/wildfire disasters. The causes, mitigation, seeking help and longer term recovery. By the end of this course, you will gain knowledge on bushfire hazards and causes, propensity to spread, mitigation measures and recovery.

This course is intended for:

• This course is significant for individuals and the public interested in gaining knowledge about reducing their vulnerability to bushfires, effective coping strategies in the aftermath of a bushfire event and building resilience in the face of future disasters.
• Communities across the world are vulnerable to wildfires, this course assists anyone who lives in a rural area at risk of fire, as well as those who work within local and federal governments, health practitioners and other support personnel.

Course duration:

2 hours per week for 3 weeks.

Course topics:

• Identify drivers of bushfire risks.
• Assess the various mechanisms through which bushfires attack.
• Explore the impact of bushfires from multiple perspectives.
• Explore essentials for bushfire resilience and benefits of community-led bushfire recovery.
• Identify effective coping strategies for affected individuals and communities in bushfire-prone areas.

Course objectives:

By the end of the course, learner will be able to:

1. Describe the factors that contribute to bushfire risk.
2. Understand and apply household bushfire plans.
3. Explain and compare relief strategies and different responses to bushfire disasters.
4. Describe strategies for individual and community resilience and preparedness.

Course costs:

The University of Newcastle Australia are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

• Unlimited access to this course.
• Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes.
• A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible.

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