Hostile Environment Awareness Training
Our Hostile Environment Awareness Training equips individuals operating in risk theaters with essential tools to manage and reduce risks through theoretical and practical sessions with experienced instructors.
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Preparing professionals for complex and challenging environments
The BLUESPEAR HEAT aims to improve participants’ comprehension of the challenging field requirements while working individually or as a team member within the context of an international organisation or institution as well as businesses and major corporations
- EU ENTRI guidelines
- 5 Modules
- 16 Topics
- 4 Scenarios
- 1 Field Training Excercise
- Certification
Hear from our participants
Our participants come from a wide range of backgrounds and will conclude the HEAT training with a different perspective on the world and their own abilities.
A Glance into Some of Our Topics
Our immersive HEAT programme comprises five (5) modules covering a wide range of topics
necessary to prepare professionals working in challenging environments to the best extent.
Situational Awareness
Acquire a better understanding of the various risks and dangerous situations.
Advanced Medical Training
Learn life-saving medical interventions such as casualty assessment, care under fire and management of catastrophic through realistic scenarios.
Kidnapping and Surviving Captivity
This scenario based topic is designed to provide the participants knowledge about the realities associated with the risk of abduction, the psychology of captors and how to cope with violence and psychological maltreatment.
Weapons and Explosives Awareness
Familiarize yourself with the characteristics of different types of weapons, mines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), improvised explosive devices (IED).
Our Core Instructor Team
Bluespear has a wide pool of valuable instructors with specific expertise to reinforce the trainings when required.

Omer Tosun
Founder
Instructor Situational Awareness and Safety/Security

Joanie de Rijke
WAR JOURNALIST
Instructor Kidnapping, Surviving Captivity & Stress Management

Jeffrey Heuninckx
MEDIC
Instructor Medical Training

Merel de Rijke
PSYCHOLOGIST
Trauma Psychologist & Monitoring the Well Being of the Participants