SHORT CYCLE IN CIVIL PROTECTION AND RESCUE
Approved in Notice no. 10219/2017
COORDINATOR
Engineer Paulo Gil Martins
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FCT COORDINATOR
Engineer Paulo Resende
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The Professional Higher Technical Course in Civil Protection and Rescue aims to qualify our students as high-quality professionals who autonomously, in a team or under guidance, can effectively develop a set of multidisciplinary knowledge that enable them to properly intervene in society and with citizens, ensuring the development of practical skills, attitudes and behaviors necessary for the safety and protection of citizens, heritage and environment.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
- Manage incidents: mobilize the means and resources most appropriate to the occurrence, the environment, the people, animals and goods involved, considering the resources and means available and the speed/ease of mobilization and arrival at the place of occurrence;
- Integrate emergency operations planning teams to plan and organize search and rescue, relief and assistance, evacuation, accommodation and supply of people in disaster situations;
- Participate in the creation, drafting and operationalization of emergency plans and coordinate emergency planning teams: allocate the tasks required to prepare the plan to the proper human resources; monitor the plan preparation; ensure the presentation of the plan to the competent entities in accordance with the legally defined terms and deadlines;
- Assess and characterize natural, technological and environmental risks: Identify and characterize the risks in the territory;
- Monitor risks: Apply procedures for monitoring hazardous phenomena;
- Manage emergency communication: centralize communications, prepare announcements and disseminate official announcements, prepare and issue warnings to the general population;
- Participate in the development and implementation of training/awareness actions: Identify areas in need of training and/or sensitization of the population; Propose ways and resources to implement these actions;
- Develop, in a team, Civil Protection exercises: plan, execute and evaluate them;
- Monitor fire safety inspections in buildings (carried out by specialized technicians in accordance with the applicable legal framework);
- Provide first aid with basic life support techniques with external automatic defibrillation (BLS-EAD).
CURRICULUM
|
1ST YEAR |
HOURS | ECTS |
|
Technical English |
60 | 5 |
|
Applied Mathematics |
45 | 5 |
|
Applied Physics |
45 | 5 |
|
Chemistry |
45 | 5 |
|
Information Technologies |
30 | 3 |
|
Probability and Statistics |
45 | 4 |
|
Leadership and Motivation |
14 | 1 |
|
Training Management |
14 | 1 |
|
Entrepreneurship |
14 | 1 |
|
Team and Stress Management |
14 | 1 |
|
Fundamentals of Civil Protection |
14 | 1 |
|
Fundamentals of Topography, Cartography and Orientation |
14 | 1 |
|
Geographic Information Systems |
45 | 5 |
|
Fire Science |
14 | 1 |
|
First Aid with External Automatic Defibrillation |
30 | 3 |
|
Risk Analysis |
45 | 5 |
|
Technological Risks |
30 | 4 |
|
Natural Risks |
30 | 4 |
|
Fire Safety in Buildings I |
60 | 5 |
| 2ND YEAR | HOURS | ECTS |
|
Fire Safety in Buildings II |
30 | 3 |
|
Meteorology and Climatology |
30 | 3 |
|
Introduction to Environment and Environmental Assessment and Impacts |
45 | 4 |
|
Hydrology |
30 | 4 |
|
Emergency Planning |
30 | 4 |
|
Operational Directives, Plans and Standards |
14 | 1 |
|
Civil Protection Administration and Logistics |
30 | 3 |
|
Steering, Command and Control Systems |
30 | 3 |
|
Emergency Communication Management |
16 | 1 |
|
Awareness and Public Information |
20 | 1 |
|
Exercise Planning, Operationalization and Assessment |
30 | 3 |
|
Internship |
- | 30 |
