HEAT.1. Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) – Advanced

HDFF’s Flagship “Hostile Environment Awareness Training (Advanced)” is an advanced safety training built to address the needs of implementing personnel from (I)NGOs, media, governmental and UN agencies, international civilians, and corporations. It is intended for individuals working, based, or traveling in high-risk “Red Countries,” or high-risk areas within medium-risk countries (as classified by insurance and […]

HEAT Hostage Incident Management

The two-day HDFF-designed HEAT “Hostage Incident Management (HIM)” aims to give participants a profound overview of hostage situations, both from the hostage and management perspectives. This intensive training includes scenario-based management and practical components, as well as media management in hostage situations. Participants will learn through case studies based on the trainers’ practical experiences. The […]

HEAT Skills: Negotiation Skills in Crisis

HDFF’s two-day HEAT Negotiation Skills in Crisis training is an essential and much-needed course for the implementation of missions. This training is addressed to anyone deployed on the field and their leader. This course addresses negotiations in several contexts: while facing government officials to obtain permission papers, while negotiating for the pricing of supplies, while […]