Online Course: Emergency / Disaster Preparedness - Certificate and CEUs
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Online Class: Emergency / Disaster Preparedness

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Basic Course: $25.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $50.00
In the event of a disaster you may only have minutes to act, by having a plan in place you will save valuable time and to make good use of the time you do have.  The purpose of this course is to prepare you for a variety of different types of disasters, including both natural and man made disasters. The better prepared you are for a disaster the better your chances of survival.
 
The courses 5 lessons are divided into these areas: 
  1. Disaster Preparedness
  2. What to do if You: Stay or Go
  3. Shelter-in-Place
  4. Specific Threats
  5. Emergency Kit

Do you know how to  shelter-in-place or create a family plan?  By being prepared for a disaster (whether terrorist or natural disasters)  ahead of time when one does strike it will be much less scary and you will know exactly what you need to do. It may also save your life.

 

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

You never know when Disaster might strike. Today we have to worry not only about natural disasters but also terrorism. Our chances of survival may depend on how prepared we are to take care of ourselves. This class will help you prepare for both natural and man made disasters. Specific threats will be covered as well as putting together your emergency kit, what should go in it, what to do if you have to evacuate, stay put, are at work when disaster strikes and much more.
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Disaster Preparedness - This lesson will cover basic information you need to know.
  2. What to do if You: Stay or Go - In this lesson we will discuss evacuation, pets and water treatments.
  3. Shelter-in-Place - In this lesson you will learn how to built a shelter and where the best places are to build them.
  4. Specific Threats - We will discuss different kinds of threats and what you need to know about them and how they are different.
  5. Emergency Kit - We will discuss what should go into your emergency kit and what other items and information you will need to have with you.
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Additional Information

Course Title : Emergency / Disaster Preparedness
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 31909
Course Type : How To
Course URL : http://emergencydisasterpreparedness.onlineclasses.com
Course Review :
Instructor : Cynthia Anchondo
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $25.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $50.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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