CDP releases October resident course schedules

Students can now register for FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) courses scheduled for October.

• CDP will offer the following hazardous materials courses, including the Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration, Hazardous Materials Operations, Hazardous Materials Technician, and Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection courses.
• Law enforcement offerings include Incident Command: Capabilities, Planning and Response Actions for All Hazards; Field Force Extrication Tactics; Field Force Operations; Response to Controlled Dangerous Substances: Fentanyl, Analogs and Pharmaceutical Based Agents; and Public Order Public Safety-Basic courses.
• Healthcare courses scheduled for October include the Framework for Healthcare Emergency Management, Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents (HCL) and Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT).
  • Each iteration of the HCL and HERT courses will culminate in a Capstone Event, a comprehensive exercise where students work together in response to simulated mass casualty incidents.

Registration for these classes is now open. To apply, visit https://cdp.dhs.gov/training-calendar.