OM4/OH4: Disaster management

OM4/OH4 (PDF, 235 KB)

Module Managers: Sven Hoffmann and Tom Hofmann

To provide skills in practical interdisciplinary disaster 
management. Students will learn and practice 
controlling and managing mid- to large-scale industrial accidents in collaboration with external partners.
Upon completion, students will be able to:
– Select and properly use the suitable PPE
– Select, mobilize and cooperate with external 
partners, e.g. fire brigade troops, rescue troops, 
police, state government
– Evaluate personal contamination and perform 
decontamination
– Manage contagious lab spills

– Exposure-specific personal protective equipment 
(PPE) including ventilation
– Roles, resources and objectives of internal and 
external partners in managing industrial accidents
– CBR hazards
– Practical staff exercises on managing industrial 
accidents
– Practical interdisciplinary exercises on responding 
to industrial accidents
– Contamination and decontamination
– Biohazards and lab spills

TBA

TBA

CHF 2,720.–