Objective Travel Safety runs a variety of hostile environment courses for media teams and NGOs operating in conflict areas. Courses vary in length from an introduction one day course to 2 or 4 day courses. A typical UK based course for an NGO or media team might be a 2 day course held at Oxon Hoath near Tonbridge in Kent, at our office or a client's premise. 

We began running courses for Media teams in 2002 as it was clear that there was a need for a more journalistic focus to hostile environment training. As a result, Robert Adams, once of Front line TV and a freelance camera for over 20 years, joined the team and has been at the forefront of designing courses for both camera and print media ever since. Amongst our UK clients have been the FT, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, Channel 4, BBC, Trinity Mirror Group. Via our realtionship with the EBU (see below) we have trained journalists from the following European broadcasters; NOS, SR, ARD, ZDF, YLE, DR,MTV3, VRT,RAI and TRT.          

Typical course contents:

• Situation awareness and security risk assessments 
• Personal safety
• Medical - preserving life and trauma through to tropical medicine
• Negotiating Checkpoints
• Weapons and ballistics
• Guidance on emotional trauma and PTSD 
• Working/filming in riots and crowds 
• Mines and booby trap awareness
• Navigation; GPS and Compass
• Kidnap aviodance and conduct if taken 
• Basic vehicle mechanics and extracting injured person  

Through our associates we can offer specalist medical courses for expeditions and for those working in remote or conflict areas.  

Our premium course is held in Germany and run in conjunction with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), www.ebu.ch  The course is held in a privately owned castle in Bavaria with access to extensive farmland and forest areas for scenario based training. Amongst hostile environment courses our course is unique as during our two exercises delegates are required to find, film or record the story and produce a short news item; therefore operate as they would have to in the field.  The dates for 2012: 16-20 April, 11-15 June and 17-21 Sept with a possible fourth course 24 -28 Sept. 

Bookings are made direct with the EBU, call Nathalie Labourdette +4122 717 2146 or visit www.ebu.ch/training

Click here to download our EBU course information or contact us today on 01788 899 029.