Hong Kong Red Cross
Emergency Preparedness Foundation Certificate Course (EPF)
The Hong Kong Red Cross "Community Resilience Service" is dedicated to enhancing the confidence and capabilities of different community groups in responding to disasters, thus improving community resilience.
Emergencies such as pandemic, major car incidents, building fires, and large-scale power outages can affect our daily lives and operation of various industries at any time. In addition, increasingly frequent extreme weather events have caused various disasters, including the record-breaking hottest summer in 2023, "once-in-a-century rainfall," severe flooding and landslides. All of these remind us the need to be prepared for emergencies as early as possible.
The Community Resilience Service is going to organize the Hong Kong Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Foundation Certificate Course in 2024. Target audiences include the frontline personnel in social services sector, education sector, property management, tourism industry, uniformed groups, public institutions, and government departments. Participants will be better equipped to respond to emergencies at an individual or organizational level, and to master the disaster preparedness skills in their workplace.
Course Structure:
The course is comprised of 3 topics, as follows:
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1. Basic Concept on Emergency Response & Preparedness
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Participants will learn the nature of emergencies and disasters, and actions required to prepare for, respond to, and recover from them.
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2. Basic First Aid
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Participants will understand the First Aid principles and skills in helping the injured during emergency situation.
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3. Introductory of Psychological First Aid
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Introduce the concept of psychological first aid, briefly describe the three core action principles of psychological first aid and their application.
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Course Duration: 7 hours
Class Size: 32 to 60 candidates per class
Eligibility for Enrollment:
1. Aged 18 or above; and
2. Frontline personnel involved in crisis response or/and crowd control in sectors such as social welfare, tour guides/leaders in the tourism industry, hotel front desk staff, property managers/security officers, members of uniformed teams, and frontline personnel in public institutions and government departments. (Provide reference on job position, e.g. staff card or company reference letter.)
Medium of Instruction: Cantonese, supplemented by English materials
Instructor: All classes are taught by qualified trainers and experienced humanitarian workers.
Course Fee: HK$900 (Including course notes, an elementary bandage set and certificate)
Certificate: Students with a 100% attendance rate will receive a certificate of attendance.
Enrollment Method: Online application only
#Note 1: Please be punctual to attend all class sessions and examinations. It will be regarded as being absent if students arrive late and leave early for more than 15 minutes during class session.
#Note 2: Once payment completed for this course, it is not possible to change class, and non-transferable and non-refundable.
#Note 3: HKRC reserves the right to make changes to the course content, schedule, and admission procedures.
Enquiry: 2507 7069 (Ms Siu) / 2514 2253 (Mr Wong) / cr@redcross.org.hk