Emergency Preparedness and Planning Course in Doha, Qatar

The Emergency Preparedness and Planning course in Doha, Qatar is for people who build and manage their organization's emergency arrangements. Learners work through the planning cycle: identifying credible emergency scenarios through risk assessment, defining response objectives, assigning roles and responsibilities, and arranging equipment, facilities and external support. The course also covers emergency communication procedures, including alarm and notification methods, call trees, radio discipline, public address messages, contact lists and coordination with the Civil Defence, ambulance services and neighboring sites, so that the right people get the right information quickly.

Teaching is practical and workshop-based. Learners draft sections of an emergency plan for a case-study site, design a communication cascade and plan a tabletop exercise, then critique each other's work. International references such as ISO 45001 emergency preparedness requirements and the incident command concepts in ISO 22320 are discussed in general terms, together with links to business continuity. Organizations can run the program in-house to review and strengthen their own emergency plan with the managers responsible for it.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify credible emergency scenarios using a structured risk assessment

• Structure a workplace emergency plan with clear roles and responsibilities

• Design emergency communication procedures, including notification cascades and contact lists

• Plan resources, equipment and coordination with external emergency services

• Plan and evaluate drills, tabletop exercises and post-incident reviews

• Link emergency planning with ISO 45001 and business continuity arrangements

This course is designed for people responsible for preparing, maintaining or leading an organization's emergency arrangements.

• HSE managers and emergency coordinators

• Facilities, operations and site managers

• Business continuity and risk professionals

• Security managers and control room supervisors

• Chief fire wardens and emergency team leaders

Module 1: Foundations of Emergency Preparedness

• The emergency management cycle

• Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery

• ISO 45001 emergency preparedness requirements in outline

• Incident command concepts from ISO 22320

Module 2: Assessing Emergency Scenarios

• Identifying credible internal and external emergencies

• Rating scenarios by likelihood and severity

• Vulnerable people, critical assets and key processes

• Learning from past incidents and near misses

Module 3: Writing the Emergency Plan

• Structure and content of an effective plan

• Roles, responsibilities and deputies

• Equipment, facilities and emergency control points

• Mutual aid and external service coordination

Module 4: Emergency Communication Procedures

• Alarm, notification and mass messaging methods

• Call trees, contact lists and escalation routes

• Radio discipline and clear message structure

• Communicating with families, media and authorities

Module 5: Testing, Review and Recovery

• Drills, tabletop exercises and full-scale exercises

• Evaluating performance and recording lessons learned

• Keeping the plan current after changes

• Links to business continuity and recovery

Qatar hosts large-scale events, energy and industrial facilities in areas such as Ras Laffan and Mesaieed, busy logistics hubs, hospitals, schools and major commercial buildings, all of which need emergency plans that work under pressure. Extreme summer heat, sandstorms and large multilingual workforces add to the planning challenge. The Civil Defence leads national emergency response, and organizations with well-tested plans and clear communication procedures can coordinate with it effectively, supporting the resilient society envisaged by Qatar National Vision 2030.

Join a scheduled class at our training center in Doha or attend live online. For organizations, the course can run as an in-house program at your premises or online, tailored to your sector, examples and schedule.