Why we need a new HEAT course
Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) has become a standard advanced security course for humanitarian and development organisations. The course goes by any number of names (HEFAT, HET, HASP, Advanced Security or Security Awareness) but the objective is the same – train people to work in challenging environments. Because HEAT rely heavily on simulation as a teaching tool, the assumption by many has been it’s not possible to deliver them remotely. Until the COVID pandem