The purpose of the course is to provide and promote students’ understanding, refine a knowledge, facilitate skills and attitude on civil protection issues. Course examines the role of civil protection system in Latvia (also its framework in the EU and NATO), the organization and management structure, and main tasks of the system’s subjects. The course explores the disaster management principles and planning aspects, analyses the legal and practical measures of cooperation among state, local government and other stakeholders during disaster situations, opportunities of involvement of resources. Course gives an insight on possible daily dangerous situations and threats, considers and provides safe behavior principles and actions during such situations. The course describes the role, aim and task of early warning and notification system. The course ensures that students are familiar and aware about the role of media (social networks) and its impact on information dissemination during the emergency situations and disasters. Course ensures that students obtain general knowledge on disaster medical system and the role of first aid. The course is developed in accordance to the Latvian national legislation prescribed for minimum requirements for the content of civil protection studies. The languages of instruction are Latvian and English.
Knowledge: 1. classifies specific issues of civil protection in Latvia and the European Union and for first aid; 2. implement disaster management, planning and rescue measures and develop disaster prevention measures; 3. explain the tasks, rights and obligations of the state, local governments, legal and natural persons in the field of civil protection; 4. distinguish between objects of increased danger, the duties and rights of their owners or legal possessors; 5. explain the operation of the local government civil protection commission, planning of measures, threat risk assessment; 6. recognize dangerous substances, their classification and requirements for their storage and transport; 7. Provides for international assistance; 8. effectively plan the use of personal protective equipment in the event of a disaster; 9. define the special legal regimes (emergency and state of emergency). Skills: 10. provide first aid in critical situations (eg stopping dangerous bleeding, resuscitation measures) as well as calling for help. Competence: 11. solve problems and apply knowledge of the organization and action of the civil protection system in potentially dangerous situations (including basic knowledge of first aid) and prevention of possible risks, developing principles of safe behavior depending on the nature and type of emergency.
