SAFE One: Independent Hostile Environment Course
An advanced hostile environment awareness and survival programme designed for personnel operating in fragile, hostile or rapidly evolving environments where targeted attacks, hostile actors, kidnap risks and critical incidents may occur. Delivered through immersive scenario based learning in partnership with Comera Risk, SAFE/1 develops practical operational awareness, movement discipline, personal protection and survival decision making for those working in elevated threat environments.
Course Overview
The SAFE/1 Course has been designed for personnel requiring a deeper level of hostile environment awareness, operational resilience and personal security capability when operating in higher threat regions or unstable environments.
Building on the wider SAFHEE® methodology, SAFE/1 focuses heavily on operating profiles, movement and transition awareness, targeted attack recognition, hostile actor response, behavioural threat assessment and operating safely in environments where criminality, unrest, kidnap, indirect fire, armed threats or hostile events may occur.
Delegates are introduced to practical operational concepts including maintaining a low profile, recognising environmental baselines, identifying anomalies, reducing vulnerability during transitions and understanding how movement between locations often creates the greatest exposure to risk. The course also explores practical survival considerations surrounding vehicle attacks, checkpoints, indirect fire, IED awareness, protective positioning, hostile movement and emergency reactional responses.
Through immersive discussion, practical drills, realistic scenarios and expert instruction, delegates develop confidence, awareness and the ability to make calm, informed and proportionate decisions under pressure. The course also introduces understanding of close protection team procedures, hostile environment PPE, armoured vehicle awareness, helicopter safety considerations and emergency movement under hostile conditions.
Delivered in partnership with Comera Risk, SAFE/1 represents advanced hostile environment preparation for organisations and personnel operating where standard travel awareness alone is no longer sufficient.
About the Trainer
Delivered by 1705 Consultancy as a licensed SAFHEE® Delivery Provider. SAFHEE® (Security Awareness in Fragile and Hostile Events and Environments) is a registered training standard owned by Comera Risk Ltd and trusted by organisations that send people to volatile locations worldwide.
This course is delivered by experienced operational professionals with backgrounds in policing, hostile environment operations, public safety, close protection, crisis management, emergency planning and protective security.
1705 Consultancy and Comera Risk combine decades of frontline operational experience supporting personnel, organisations and teams operating in fragile, hostile and complex environments worldwide. Training is designed around realistic operational pressures and focuses on practical decision making, survivability, situational awareness and human behaviour under stress.
Our instructors ensure delegates gain practical understanding and realistic confidence rather than simply theoretical awareness.
Frequently Asked Questions
People deploying to very hazardous environments without a close protection team, who need to look after their own security.
The course runs over 1 day and is delivered in person, with practical scenarios throughout. Open course dates are listed on this page when scheduled, and we can run the course for your own group on request.
It is part of the SAFHEE® family of courses owned by Comera Risk Ltd and delivered by 1705 Consultancy as a licensed SAFHEE® Delivery Provider. You receive a certificate on successful completion.
Delegates must be 18 or over and able to take part in practical sessions. Some advanced courses require a SAFE course to have been completed first, so ask us if you are unsure.
£395 + VAT per person for the 1 day course. Open dates run with a minimum of 6 delegates. See our booking and cancellation terms.
Learning Outcomes
- Hostile environment awareness and operational profiling
- Situational awareness and environmental baseline recognition
- Movement discipline and transition awareness
- Dynamic risk assessment and hostile decision making
- Personal security and low profile operating techniques
- Hostile actor awareness and targeted attack recognition
- Carjacking awareness and vehicle related threats
- Kidnap awareness, capture phases and survival principles
- Indirect fire, gunfire and explosive threat responses
- IED awareness and hostile environment reactional drills
- Personal protective equipment and ballistic protection awareness
- Armoured vehicle and helicopter safety procedures
- Communication protocols and emergency response principles
- Movement with close protection teams and hostile environment drills
Who Is This Course For?
- NGOs and humanitarian deployment teams
- Media and journalism professionals
- Security and close protection personnel
- Government and contractor deployments
- Corporate teams operating in fragile regions
- Expedition and hostile environment operators
- Personnel entering elevated threat areas
- Organisations with higher risk overseas operations
- Individuals requiring advanced hostile environment awareness
- Duration 1 day
- Level SAFHEE® course
- Delivery In person, UK
- Delivered by 1705 Consultancy, licensed SAFHEE® Delivery Provider
- Price £395 + VAT per person
- Start Date On request
Upcoming course dates
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