Our HEAT course provides participants with the required know-how and skills to deal with real time threats. The five-day course offers a mix of advanced theoretical and practical sessions of simulated exercises.

Hostile Environment Awareness training (HEAT) is a form of high-fidelity stress exposure training that combines theory with high-stress and highly realistic simulation training. This is a well-researched concept in the field of psychology that is commonly used to train people working in high stress environments, like security contractors, airline pilots and first responders.

The training is gradual: starting with theory, it then moves to guided exercises to make participants comfortable with each concept. The intensity levels increase each day so that participants can practice their new skills under more realistic conditions.

By the end, participants have a firm grasp of managing:

• Basic first aid and psychological first aid

• Personal safety and security

• Safety and security mindset

• Communications equipment

• Capture and captivity

• Behavior under fire

• Threats in the field

• Fire safety

• Basic negotiations skills

• Understanding how to build individual situational awareness in high-risk environments

• Unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IED) threats

• Weapons Familiarization

HEAT training is critical for groups such as NRC, UN agencies, NGOs, media outlets and private sector companies.  Our expert instructor cadre ensures the training is safe, highly effective, and based on the latest best practices in the field of hostile environment security risk management. 

Prerequisites:

CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT or LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORT MUST BE PRESENTED AT CLASS. If you do not have a concealed weapons permit, you may use a criminal history report from the W.S.P background check service located at http://www.wsp.wa.gov/crime/criminal-history/.