CDP releases resident course schedule for April

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of April.

Healthcare courses being offered include the 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 an Integrated Capstone Event, a comprehensive exercise where students work together to respond to simulated mass casualty incidents.

The CDP’s Field Force Extrication Tactics and Field Force Operations courses are also being offered in April.

Hazardous materials offerings include the center’s Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection; Hazardous Materials Operations; and Hazardous Materials Technician courses.

Additionally, the CDP will offer its Incident Command: Capabilities, Planning and Response Actions for All Hazards (IC) course in April. The IC course is geared to management-level responders who may supervise hazardous material response incidents. Participants evaluate threats, identify and prioritize probable targets, measure required capabilities, and discuss the Incident Response Plan and Incident Action Plan processes.

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

The CDP will host its annual Tribal Nations Training Week April 11-18. This year’s training tracks include hazardous materials training, healthcare courses, law enforcement training, cybersecurity awareness, community safety, emergency operations planning and explosives response. Registration is scheduled to open later this month. Contact FEMA-tribalnationscdp@fema.dhs.gov for additional information.