Think you’re a crisis management ace? Up to a challenge? The UK Red Cross is preparing to host another of their Disaster Response Challenges, which test the most practiced and elite crisis experts in a simulated disaster experience.
Built around a hypothetical disaster that unfolds in real time over a two-day period, this is a challenge that will test the calmest, most practical of you. You will be taken out of your comfort zone and into an environment where the decisions you and your teammates make would quite literally be a matter of life and death in real life…
The role of the Red Cross Emergency Response Unit (ERU) is to respond as quickly as possible to a humanitarian disaster whenever and wherever in the world it may occur, offering practical help and hope to people in crisis.
The Disaster Response Challenge provides a unique opportunity for you to experience first hand the issues and decisions faced by the Red Cross ERU in a disaster situation – something that only a handful of people get to experience in a lifetime.
The challenge deals with real problems faced in a disaster crisis response and covers issues including logistics, communications, security and more. An invaluable experience for people from all walks of life, you can find more information and entry info at the official Red Cross site, here.
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Jonathan Bernstein
https://www.bernsteincrisismanagement.com/