Major incidents and infrastructure disruption can happen without warning, including explosions, large fires, building collapse, severe weather, and extended delays in emergency response. In those moments, calm decision-making, personal safety, and a few key first aid skills can make a meaningful difference for the people around you while professional help is on the way.

Our Emergency First Aid at War, Civilian Home Front course is a civilian-focused, non-tactical first aid and personal safety programme. It is designed to help members of the public, volunteers, and organisations respond safely and proportionately in high-stress situations, using realistic but non-sensational scenarios drawn from major incident learning, civil emergency planning principles, and lessons from both history and modern crises.

Delivered in the calm, practical Community Medics style, the course focuses on lifesaving first aid, prioritising actions, and self-protection. It does not provide military, combat, or weapons training. All content is rooted in civilian law, ethical first aid practice, and what a responsible bystander can reasonably do until emergency services arrive.

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The course covers the following subjects:

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• Understanding the role and limits of civilians during major incidents

• Personal safety, situational awareness, and dynamic risk assessment

• Managing unresponsive casualties, recovery position, and basic life support

• Catastrophic bleeding control using improvised and standard methods (when safe to do so)

• Managing burns, smoke exposure, and common blast/impact injury patterns at a basic first-aid level

• Priorities and simple triage thinking: who to help first, what to do, and what to hand over to responders

• Casualty care while awaiting emergency services, including communicating clearly with 999 and responders

• Health risks during disruption: hygiene basics, recognising common illness in crowded settings, and protecting vulnerable people

• Supporting people with common long-term conditions (e.g., asthma, diabetes, heart conditions) when routines/medication access are disrupted

• Psychological responses to incidents, psychological first aid basics, and self-care for helpers

• Knowing when not to intervene and how to seek help safely

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Duration

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The Emergency First Aid at War, Civilian Home Front course is delivered as a full-day training programme designed to balance awareness, practical skills, and responsible decision-making.

The standard course length is 6 hours of trainer-led delivery, excluding breaks. The full-day format allows time for explanation, scenario discussion, practical demonstrations, and supported skill practice, without creating unnecessary pressure, fear, or alarm.

All sessions are trainer-led and delivered by experienced instructors with frontline and community backgrounds. The course is suitable for civilians, volunteers, community groups, and organisations seeking to build resilience and preparedness in a proportionate and ethical way.

At our training centre, courses typically run from 09:30 to 16:45. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the start time to allow for registration.

For training delivered at your workplace or community venue, sessions can be delivered at times convenient for you and your learners, including evenings, weekends, and flexible delivery formats, subject to prior arrangement.

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Certificates:

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All our courses undergo a structured quality and content review before certification is issued. We aim to provide e-certificates within 5 working days of course completion. Hard copy certificates can be issued on request and are posted within 10 working days.

This course provides an attendance and skills-awareness certificate, confirming engagement with the course content and practical learning outcomes. The certificate does not confer professional or operational status and does not replace statutory first aid qualifications.

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Certificates are valid for 3 years.

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Costs:

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At our centres: Prices start from £50.00 per person.

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At your place of work or community group, our costs vary depending on the number of learners on a course, please contact us for a competitive quote.