Abstract:

The Faculty of Security Engineering of the University of Žilina in Žilina (FSE UNIZA) is a faculty of management and technology that develops educational and scientific research activities in the area of ensuring the comprehensive security of society and individual citizens. It focuses on the education of crisis managers, workers of fire and rescue services, experts dealing with the management of processes of protection of persons and property in all areas of social life. As part of its research activities, the faculty focuses on solving research and educational projects at the national and international level, which are directly related to accredited study programs in crisis management, rescue services, security management and security and protection of critical infrastructure.

The goal of the society is to prepare each individual for life in the environment in which they are located. The paper is dealing with the activities of the FSE UNIZA, focused on enhancing knowledge and skills of young people in dealing with emergencies situations, carried out at the international and national level. Preferentially these activities are focused on managing situations arising from the impact of industrial and environmental accidents, natural disasters, traffic accidents and terrorism.

The aim of the paper is to present the development, structure and content of the curriculum for a new optional subject "Emergency Management Skills", which was created this year within the international project ERASMUS + 2020 Key Action 2, Strategic Partnerships in the Field of School Education - "I will survive". The curriculum is designed for high school students and also adapted to students with special needs. It provides students with the necessary theoretical knowledge, skills and forms their relationship to the issue of protecting their health and life as well as the health and life of other people. It is currently translated into eight languages of the countries forming the project consortium - English, Croatian, Turkish, Slovak, Romanian, Italian, Lithuanian and Maltese and will be available to all institutions interested in implementing such education.

The paper also presents the summer school "Young Rescuer" designed for primary school students and organized in the FSE UNIZA. During one week, children undergo firefighting training, medical training, police training, military training, a detective search and other activities that contribute to the development of knowledge, skills and habits for the protection of man and society.

Keywords:

Curriculum, skills, knowledge, young people, emergency.