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Resident Training

Resident Training

Eligible Attendees
Courses at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) are available for state, local, and tribal responders from any of the following disciplines: Emergency Management Agency (EMA), Emergency Medical Services (EMS), fire service, governmental administrative, hazardous materials personnel, healthcare (non-EMS), law enforcement, public health, public safety communication, public works, and other skilled support personnel that provide immediate support services during prevention, response, and recovery operations.

A limited number of courses are discipline specific and will be indicated in each course description at left.

Prerequisites
In general, the prerequisite for attending any course at the CDP includes successfully completing awareness training for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive (CBRNE) response through AWR-160 or another Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-approved awareness-level training program. Some courses are designed for a particular audience and will require additional prerequisites, as discussed in the course descriptions.

Verification
All eligibility requirements and prerequisites will be verified by the individual State Administrative Agency Training Point of Contact prior to an application being forwarded to the CDP.

Integrated Capstone Events (ICE)

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) conducted an Integrated Capstone Event (ICE) in June 2011 that combined the talents of a multi-discipline response force reacting to a scenario driven, CBRNE/all hazards, incident incorporating mass casualties. The objective of the event was to integrate a number of classes and use the skills and techniques previously learned during the weeks training and challenge the student to react, with confidence, to a fast paced stressful situation. The results of the event, voiced by the students during the After Action Review (AAR), convinced the CDP leadership to incorporate ICE events into all future training calendars. These ICE events are designed to give the student an opportunity to practice response actions with immediate feedback resulting in a better trained response force for the community. Any course on the training calendar with the ICE acronym will be a participant in this collective training program.

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Definitions
CBRNE
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive
COBRATF
Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training Facility; the nation’s only toxic chemical training facility dedicated solely for emergency responders
ICS
Incident Command System
WMD
Weapons of Mass Destruction