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Students operate a hospital emergency operations center during a simulated mass casualty incident in HCL course.
Snapshot: Emergency Operations

Students operate a hospital emergency operations center during a simulated mass casualty incident in this week’s Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents Course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP Instructor Chad Hawkins.
In the Spotlight: Chad Hawkins

Chad Hawkins has been a hazardous materials instructor for the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since 2017.

CDP offers online course in WebEOC basics.
CDP offers online course in WebEOC basics

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) offers responders a wide variety of self-paced, web-based training courses which can be accessed anywhere, through a computer or mobile device.

Students learn about types of respiratory masks and their fit testing procedures during RP course.
Snapshot: Respiratory Protection Course

Students learn about types of respiratory masks and their fit testing procedures this week in the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ Respiratory Protection: Program Development and Administration Course.

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CDP Alumnus Issue 6 cover
CDP Alumnus Issue 6

Welcome to the sixth issue of the CDP Alumnus, a quarterly newsletter for Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) students, alumni, and others interested in the CDP.

CDP Alumnus Issue 5 cover
CDP Alumnus Issue 5

Welcome to the fifth issue of the CDP Alumnus, a quarterly newsletter for Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) students, alumni, and others interested in the CDP.

CDP Alumnus Issue 4 cover
CDP Alumnus Issue 4

Welcome to the forth issue of the CDP Alumnus, a quarterly newsletter for Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) students, alumni, and others interested in the CDP.

CDP Alumnus Issue 3 cover
CDP Alumnus Issue 3

Welcome to the third issue of the CDP Alumnus, a quarterly newsletter for Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) students, alumni, and others interested in the CDP.

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CDP Alumnus Issue 2

Welcome to the second issue of the CDP Alumnus, a quarterly newsletter for Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) students, alumni, and others interested in the CDP.

CDP Alumnus Issue 1 cover
CDP Alumnus Issue 1

Welcome to the first issue of the CDP Alumnus, a quarterly newsletter for Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) students, alumni, and others interested in the CDP.

Patient Simulators Bring Training to Life

They breathe, bleed, cry,show pain, and they can even talk. Many have died and been brought back to life several times in one day during mass casualty exercises at the Center for Domestic Preparednessin Anniston, Ala. The CDP’s Human Patient Simulators (HPS) provide a level of realism and student interaction that’s impossible to replicate with cardboard cutouts or lifeless mannequins.

New York City Police Officer Wayne Rhatigan, of the mounted police force, sits on his trusty steed Miggs in Times Square. Officer Rhatigan credits CDP training for his decisive response to evacuate a specific area of Times Square following an attempted car bombing in May 2010.
A Very Real Payoff for Preparedness Training

Here at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) we focus on delivering all-hazard preparedness training for local, tribal and state first responders. This training is timely, skill-based, and a critical investment in more resilient communities. Time and time again, we have seen cases of CDP alumni putting what they have learned with us to work—saving lives, protecting property and making our co...

Helena law enforcement discuss the procedures they must take to remove protesters from the state capitol in July 2011
CDP Training Pays Off for Montana Civil Disobedience Team

The city of Helena, Mont. garnered national attention in mid-July 2011 when approximately 70 environmental activists from Montana and other states gathered at the state capitol to dispute construction of a planned pipeline from Alberta, Canada through Montana. Thanks to training through the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), the local Civil Disobedience Team (CDT) was prepared to respond and ...

Bold Steps in Preparedness: Training for biological attacks at the Center for Domestic Preparedness

On the morning of February 8, 26 responders from more than a dozen states made history when they donned Personal Protective Equipment and entered a unique training facility in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. These individuals were the first group of responders to train with biological materials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, A...