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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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COBRATF completes upgrades and the training venue is fully operational.
COBRATF completes upgrades

Responders are reminded that the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has completed making the latest series of upgrades to its Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF) and the training venue is fully operational.

Responders practice containing a hazardous material leak in the HMT course.
Snapshot: Containment techniques

Responders practice containing a hazardous material leak during training this week at the Center for Domestic Preparedness.

CDP has released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for August.
CDP releases non-resident, indirect training numbers for August

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) this week released its non-resident and indirect training numbers for August.

CDP has finalized plans for its 9th Annual Tribal Nations Training Week.
CDP preparing for 2024 Tribal Nations Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has finalized plans for its 9th Annual Tribal Nations Training Week, which will be conducted March 9-16, 2024.

CDP offers web-based hazmat awareness refresher training.
CDP offers hazmat awareness refresher training

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.

CDP has released its resident training calendar for the month of January 2024.
CDP releases resident course schedule for January

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released its resident training calendar for the month of January 2024.

A nursing student explains how she chose to triage a patient during the CDP's HERO Course.
Snapshot: Triage training

A nursing student explains how she chose to triage a patient during the Healthcare Emergency Response Operations for CBRNE Incidents (HERO) Course.

The CDP concludes its annual Train-the-Trainer Theme Week tomorrow.
CDP wraps up annual Train-the-Trainer Theme Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness will wrap up its annual Train-the-Trainer Theme Week tomorrow on its campus in Anniston, Alabama.

Support Technician LaQuisha Mayer.
In the Spotlight: LaQuisha Mayer

LaQuisha Mayer has worked at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) since March of 2017, serving as a housekeeper/custodian for the first two years before moving to the IT team.

CDP has released web-based training numbers for August.
CDP releases web-based training numbers for August

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has released the number of web-based course completions it tallied during August.