The H.E.A.T. Book - E-book - ePub

How would you react under fire? What are your options during a robbery? What would you do if you found yourself in a field full of unexploded ordnance?HEAT - Hostile Environment Awareness Training - has been addressing these and many more questions for years. It is still the standard personal safety course for humanitarians, INGO, corporate and diplomatic staff going on deployment. But there is a Problem:Not only is HEAT limited to a few global training hubs but it is expensive and logistically challenging.
Absorbing the course's substantial amount of information presented at breakneck speed is next to impossible. The HEAT Book aims to help address these issues. It is intended as a mini-HEAT', readily available wherever you are, providing you with the baseline knowledge of what to do when things go very, very wrong. Whether you are about to travel, are already on mission, or just interested in the subject, let The HEAT Book be your personal safety resource.
Accompany Ashley and her colleagues on their first humanitarian mission to Zembala - a Central African nation in crisis. Help them navigate the country's many threats, make decisions leading to different outcomes, and read up on best practice security advice based on the author's two decades of experience in the humanitarian and law enforcement sectors. From road accidents and impromptu checkpoints, violent protests, and ambushes, to minefields, bombings, and abduction, it is your job to survive.
Can you take the HEAT? There's only one way to find out...