Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) Course
Participants:
All members of the project
Duration:
March 11th-13th, 2023.
Course Objective:
The course objective was to prepare the team for high-risk stress through classroom teaching and realistic simulations.
Description:
Throughout the training, members of the project developed shared guidelines for conductingpre-departure risk assessments, ensuring travel and accommodation safety, protecting interlocutors (including secure digital data storage), and providing debriefing and peer support. The HEAT course established a common understanding of field security within the group through the infinitely insightful presence of local researchers.