[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Training Courses: Communicating with the Public: Warning and Informing

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Course Title : Communicating with the Public: Warning and Informing

Who Should Attend

For emergency responder organisations under the Civil Contingencies Act, particularly emergency planning officers, communication officers and those who may be required to design messages and select the relevant media for communicating with the public prior to, during and after an emergency.

Aim

To enable participants to develop approaches to warn and inform the public, prior to, during and following an emergency.

Objectives

By the end of the event delegates will be able to:

Describe the Civil Contingences Act duties to communicate with the public.
Evaluate different approaches to raise public awareness of risks and to warn and inform the public in the event of an emergency.
Identify the information needs of various communities, and evaluate options to meet those needs.
Formulate and disseminate messages to inform and warn communities about risks and emergencies.
Identify barriers to effective advising, warning and informing and evaluate options to tackle them.

Pre-Requisites

We would normally expect you to have completed the Intoduction to Civil Protection course or at least be familiar with the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act (2004).

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